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| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012 | Contact: Sheila Jerusalem (202) 307-0703 |
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PRISON POPULATION DECLINED IN 26 STATES DURING 2011
WASHINGTON – Twenty-six state departments of corrections reported decreases in their prison population during 2011, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today. California reported the largest decline...
Driving-related offenses—Includes driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, driving with a suspended or revoked license, and any other felony in the motor vehicle code.
Other public-order offenses—Includes flight/escape, parole or probation violations, prison contraband, habitual offender, obstruction of justice, rioting, libel, slander, treason, perjury, prostitution, pandering, bribery, and tax law violations.
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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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1993
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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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M., EST BJS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1997 202/307-0784
NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF ALL PROBATIONERS
HAD SOME RECENT CONTACT WITH THEIR PROBATION
OFFICERS
Almost 3.2 million Adults on Probation
WASHINGTON -- Almost three-quarters of all
probationers had had some type of contact with
their probation officers during the month
before being surveyed, the Justice Department's
Bureau of Justice...
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| Sunday, November 4, 2001 | 202/307-0784 |
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...
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| SUNDAY, June 2, 2002 | 202/307-0784 |
TWO-THIRDS OF FORMER STATE PRISONERS REARRESTED FOR SERIOUS NEW CRIMES
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Sixty-seven percent of former inmates released from state prisons in 1994 committed at least one serious new crime within the following three years, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. This was a rearrest rate 5 percent...