Probation and Parole in the United States, 2002
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ONE IN EVERY 32 ADULTS NOW ON PROBATION, PAROLE OR INCARCERATED
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation's correctional population reached a record of more than 6.7 million adult men and women by the end of 2002, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today...