Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2002
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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...