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Veterans

Veterans in Prison and Jail

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST                BJS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2000                  202/307-0784 
                
MALE MILITARY VETERANS ARE INCARCERATED
AT LESS THAN HALF THE RATE OF NON-VETERANS

     WASHINGTON, D.C.   Male military veterans are
incarcerated in the nation's prisons and jails at less
than half the rate of non-veterans, the Justice
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced
today.  In a new study BJS found that there...

Veterans in State and Federal Prisons, 2004

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:00 P.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007 Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs After hours: 301-983-9354

MALE VETERANS LESS THAN HALF AS LIKELY AS MALE NON-VETERANS TO BE IN PRISON IN 2004

Veterans Older, Better Educated Than Other State and Federal Prisoners

WASHINGTON - There were an estimated 140,000 veterans held in state and federal prisons in 2004...