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Probation and Parole Populations, 1997

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998               202/307-0784

NATION'S PROBATION AND PAROLE POPULATION
REACHED NEW HIGH LAST YEAR

     WASHINGTON,  D.C. -- More than 3.9 million
adult men and women--a new record--were
on probation or parole at the end of 1997, the
Justice Department's Bureau of  Justice Statistics
(BJS) announced today.  The 2.9 percent increase
of about...

Probation and Parole in the United States, 1998

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SUNDAY,  AUGUST 22, 1999                                        202/307-0784 
                
         U.S. CORRECTIONAL POPULATION REACHES 5.9 MILLION OFFENDERS

     WASHINGTON, D.C.   The combined federal, state and local
adult correctional population grew by 163,800 men and women during
1998 to reach a new high of 5.9 million people, the Justice
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. 
This includes incarcerated inmates and probationers and...

Probation and Parole in 1999

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SUNDAY, JULY 23,  2000                          202/307-0784 
                


U.S. CORRECTIONAL POPULATION REACHES 6.3 MILLION MEN AND
WOMEN REPRESENTS 3.1 PERCENT OF THE ADULT U.S. POPULATION

     
     WASHINGTON, D.C.   The number of adult men and women
under the supervision of Federal, state and local
correctional authorities rose to a record 6.3 million in
1999, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS) announced today...

Probation and Parole in the United States, 2000

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2001 202/307-0784
Revised 8/28/01

NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL POPULATION REACHES NEW HIGH -- GROWS BY 126,400 DURING 2000 TO TOTAL 6.5 MILLION ADULTS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation's combined federal, state and local adult correctional population reached a new high of almost 6.5 million men and women in 2000, having grown by 126,400 men and women...