Inmates

50 Percent of Prison Inmate Deaths in Northeast 
Caused by Aids 28 Percent Caused By Aids 
Nationwide During 1991

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS

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50 PERCENT OF PRISON INMATE DEATHS IN NORTHEAST 
CAUSED BY AIDS 28 PERCENT CAUSED BY AIDS NATIONWIDE 
DURING 1991
 
     More than half of the prison inmate deaths...

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     THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION GREW
                ALMOST 9 PERCENT LAST YEAR

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nation's state and federal prisons had to 
find room for 83,294 more inmates last year--the
second largest annual increase in history and just 1,470 fewer than 
the 84,764 increase recorded in 1989. The total...

Survey of Inmate Characteristics

 
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     An estimated 16 percent of prison inmates were armed with
a gun when they committed the offense for which they were
serving time, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced
today.  About half of the armed inmates (or about 8 percent of
all prisoners) said they had fired...

Comparing Federal and State Prisoners

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            COMPARING FEDERAL AND STATE PRISONERS

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Most federal prisoners are drug
offenders, but almost half of state prisoners are serving
time for violent crimes.  Offenders in federal prisons are
almost three times as likely as state prisoners to be
incarcerated for a drug offense, according...

THE NATION'S JAILS HOLD RECORD 490,442 INMATES

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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         THE NATION'S JAILS HOLD RECORD 490,442 INMATES

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nation's local jails held a record
490,442 men and women as of last June 30, the Department of Justice
announced today.  During the 12 months preceding June 30, 1994, the...

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         Almost 1.6 milllion men and women
        in the Nation's Prisons and Jails

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There were almost 1.6 million
men and women in the nation's jails and prisons
last year, an increase of 66,843 in state prisons
and 5,216 in federal prisons from 1994, the
Department of...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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    NATION'S JAIL AND PRISON INCARCERATION RATE
         ALMOST DOUBLED DURING LAST DECADE

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The incarceration rate in
the nation's federal and state prisons and local
jails almost doubled during the last decade, the
Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS) announced today.  However, this growth
recently slowed...