As of April 24, 2010, of the 211,108 inmates within the BOP system, 193,129 have been sentenced. 172,565 are in BOP facilities, 24,490 are in privately-managed secure facilities, and 14,053 are in other contract facilities. 197,345 of the inmates, 93.5%, are male, while 13,763 (6.5%) are female. The average age of a BOP inmate is 38 years. 122,273 (57.9%) are White,
81,373 (38.5%) are Black, 3,827 (1.8%) are Native American, and 3,635 (1.7%) are Asian. 69,709 (33%) are Hispanic of any race. 154,204 (73.0%) are citizens of the United States. Of the non-U.S. citizens, 38,457 (18.2 %) are from Mexico, 2,743 (1.3%) are from Colombia, 1,834 (0.9 %) are from Cuba, 2,690 (1.3 %) are from the Dominican Republic, and 11,180 (5.3%) are of other citizenships or of unknown citizenships.
Federal Bureau of Prisons
List of U.S. federal prisons
* red emphasis mine .. BOP = (Federal) Bureau of Prisons
.. yeah, it's just Wiki, but it's Saturday so it'll have to do ;-)
Okay. So imagine 82,000 hardened criminals suddenly released into society all at once. Ever hear of the Northfield, Minnesota raid by the James and Younger gangs and how that turned out?