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NATION'S STATE PRISON POPULATION FALLS IN SECOND HALF OF 2000 -- FIRST SUCH DECLINE SINCE 1972

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the last six months of 2000, the nation's state prison population declined by more than 6,200 inmates - the first measured decline since 1972, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...

EIGHTEEN PERCENT OF STATE PRISONERS COMMITTED THEIR CRIMES WHILE ARMED

Nine Percent of State Prisoners Fired Their Weapons During the Offense

WASHINGTON, D.C. - About 18 percent of state prisoners and 15 percent of federal prisoners reported in 1997 that they were armed when they committed the offense for which they were...

STATE PRISON POPULATION DROPS IN SECOND HALF OF 2001
FEDERAL INMATE GROWTH CONTINUES

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During 2001, the nation's prison population rose at the lowest rate since 1972 and had the smallest absolute increase since 1979, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Overall, the number of prisoners...

FEDERAL PRISON POPULATION INCREASES A RECORD AMOUNT
STATE AND LOCAL INMATE GROWTH MODERATES

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the first six months of 2001 the federal prison system added 7,372 inmates, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. It was the largest ever six-month growth in the federal system. At...

NATION'S PRISON AND JAIL POPULATION EXCEEDS 2 MILLION INMATES FOR FIRST TIME

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation's prisons and jails held more than 2 million inmates for the first time on June 30, 2002, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.

The 50 states, the District of Columbia and...

U.S. PRISON POPULATION RISES 2.6 PERCENT DURING 2002

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The country's prisons, jails and juvenile facilities held 2,166,260 persons at the end of last year, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) said in a report released today. This incarcerated population was...

NATION'S PRISON POPULATION INCREASE LARGEST IN FOUR YEARS

Nearly 2.1 Million Incarcerated in Local, State and Federal Facilities

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The nation's prisons and jails held 2,078,570 men and women on June 30, 2003, an increase of 57,600 more inmates than state...

HALF OF LOCAL JAIL INMATES WERE ON PROBATION, PAROLE, OR PRE-TRAIL RELEASE AT ARREST

WASHINGTON, D.C. - More than half of the nation's 665,475 local jail inmates as of June 30, 2002, were on probation, parole or pre-trial release at the time...

NUMBER OF DEATH ROW INMATES DECLINED FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR DURING 2003

WASHINGTON - There were 3,374 state and federal death row inmates on December 31, 2003, which was 188 fewer than a year earlier, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics...

NATION'S PRISON AND JAIL POPULATION GREW BY 932 INMATES PER WEEK NUMBER OF FEMALE INMATES REACHED MORE THAN 100,000

WASHINGTON - The nation's prisons and jails held 2,131,180 inmates as of June 30, 2004, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics...

STATE PRISON HOMICIDE RATES DOWN 93 PERCENT JAIL SUICIDE RATES 64 PERCENT LOWER THAN IN EARLY 1980s

WASHINGTON - The suicide rate in local jails fell from 129 per 100,000 inmates in 1983 to 47 per 100,000 in 2002, the...

U.S. PRISON POPULATION APPROACHES 1.5 MILLION

WASHINGTON - State and federal authorities held 1,470,045 prisoners as of December 31, 2003, a 2.1 percent increase during the year, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The Federal Bureau of Prisons...

NUMBER OF DEATH ROW INMATES DECLINED FOR FOURTH YEAR DURING 2004

WASHINGTON, D.C. - There were 3,315 state and federal death row inmates on December 31, 2004, 63 fewer than on the same date in 2003, the Department of Justice's...

NATION'S PRISON AND JAIL POPULATION GREW 2.6 PERCENT DURING 12 MONTHS THAT ENDED JUNE 30, 2005

WASHINGTON - During the year that ended last June 30, the nation's prison and jail population grew 2.6 percent, reaching 2,186,230 inmates behind bars...

THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION CONTINUES ITS SLOW GROWTH
UP 1.9 PERCENT LAST YEAR

WASHINGTON - The number of prisoners in the United States rose 1.9 percent during 2004, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. This was lower...

STUDY FINDS MORE THAN HALF OF ALL PRISON AND JAIL INMATES HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

WASHINGTON - More than half of all prison and jail inmates, including 56 percent of state prisoners, 45 percent of federal prisoners and 64 percent...

THE NUMBER OF DEATH ROW INMATES DECLINED FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR DURING 2005

Washington - The Federal Bureau of Prisons and 36 states held 3,254 inmates on death row at the end of last year, which was 66 fewer such...

HIV-POSITIVE STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONERS DECREASED FOR A FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

More than one third of jail inmates reported a medical problem in a national survey

WASHINGTON - The numbers of both HIV-positive state and federal prisoners and AIDS-related prisoner...

METHAMPHETAMINE USE INCREASING AMONG STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONERS

WASHINGTON - Prior methamphetamine use among state and federal prisoners has increased since 1997, according to a new report by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The use of methamphetamines...

ONE IN EVERY 32 ADULTS WAS IN A PRISON, JAIL, ON PROBATION, OR ON PAROLE AT THE END OF 2005

WASHINGTON - As of last Dec. 31 there were 1,525,924 prisoners being held by state and federal correctional authorities, the...

DEATH RATES LOWER IN STATE PRISONS THAN IN THE GENERAL POPULATION

Nine in Ten Deaths Due to Illness

WASHINGTON - The nation's state prison officials reported that 12,129 inmates died while in custody from 2001 through 2004, the Justice Department's Bureau...

Corrections:
Paragraph 2- increased by 42,552
Paragraph 4 - Alaska had the largest percentage increase (up 9.4 percent)

LARGEST INCREASE IN PRISON AND JAIL INMATE POPULATIONS
SINCE MIDYEAR 2000

More Than 2.24 Million Incarcerated as of June 30, 2006

WASHINGTON...

HIV/AIDS CASES AMONG STATE AND FEDERAL PRISON INMATES
FELL FOR THE SIXTH STRAIGHT YEAR DURING 2005

The Estimated Number of AIDS-Related Deaths Continued to Decline

WASHINGTON - There were 22,480 state and federal inmates who were HIV infected or had confirmed AIDS...

NUMBER OF HIV-POSITIVE STATE AND FEDERAL INMATES CONTINUES TO DECLINE

About 44 percent of state inmates and 39 percent of federal inmates have medical problems

WASHINGTON Between 2005 and 2006 the number of state and federal prisoners who were HIV-positive decreased 3.1 percent from 22,676...

SLOWER GROWTH IN THE NATION’S PRISON AND JAIL POPULATIONS

WASHINGTON -- The growth in the number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction slowed during the first six months of 2007, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today. The...