Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001
Date Published
August 2003
Publication Type
Publication
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION GREW
ALMOST 9 PERCENT LAST YEAR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nation's state and federal prisons had to
find room for 83,294 more inmates last year--the
second largest annual increase in history and just 1,470 fewer than
the 84,764 increase recorded in 1989. The total...
Survey of Inmate Characteristics
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1990 BJS
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An estimated 16 percent of prison inmates were armed with
a gun when they committed the offense for which they were
serving time, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced
today. About half of the armed inmates (or about 8 percent of
all prisoners) said they had fired...