Sentencing Postscript - Felony Probationers Under Supervision in the Community
Date Published
April 1986
Publication Type
Publication
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1997 202/633-3047 NATION'S JAIL AND PRISON INCARCERATION RATE ALMOST DOUBLED DURING LAST DECADE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The incarceration rate in the nation's federal and state prisons and local jails almost doubled during the last decade, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. However, this growth recently slowed...