OPM Projects Small Decline in Prison Population over the Next 12 Months

OPM’s Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division estimates that Connecticut’s prison population will fluctuate according to normal patterns during the next 12 months and range between 17,650 and 18,000. In the 2011 Total Facility Population Forecast, released on February 15, OPM anticipates the prison population will reach a low of 17,375 in January 2012 before rising to 17,640 in February 2012. The current prison population, as of February 23, 2011, is 17,770 inmates.