fyi, non citizen are 27 percent of the federal prison but only about 6.4 percent of all prisoners if you include state and local. AND FURTHERMORE, NON CITIZENS ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE IN JAIL THAN CITIZENS.
here is a nice post from a different thread
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Ok, here's some real data. It's from the DOJ BJS that I mentioned earlier. Here's the URL for the whole report on prisoners in state and federal custody.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim05.pdf
Basic data, at table 6 on page 5. 6.4% of all prisoners are non-citizens. I believe the basic estimates for all non-citizens in the population is about 10%, but I'll check.
One surprise in figures -- non-citizens not rising very fast. Was about 88,800 in 1999 and 91,000 in 2005.
From other sources, the percentage of all non-citizens among federal prisoners is much higher (c. 28%), but the vast majority of all prisoners are in State and local custody (about 90%), not federal. Since immigration violations are federal, and especially crimes by illegal entrants are also federal crimes, the higher proportion in federal custody is not surprising.
So, based on this data, and I'd welcome others if any one has data, it looks like total proportion of non-citizens in prison is probably less than the proportion of all US citizens in prison.
37 posted on 12/03/2006 5:41:14 PM EST by BohDaThone
"It's widely been reported that illegal aliens comprise upwards of 27 percent of the U.S. prison and jail population. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection--two agencies within the Department of Homeland Security--claim in several reports that they've apprehended over 100,000 criminal aliens whose offenses go far beyond violation of immigration laws and regulations.
That figure doesn't include llegal aliens arrested and incarcerated in state and local penal institutions. "