Adults (18+)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1995          202/307-0784

         STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONS REPORT
        RECORD GROWTH DURING LAST 12 MONTHS

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of state and
federal prison inmates grew by 89,404 during the
12 months ending June 30, 1995, the Department of
Justice announced today.  It was the largest one-
year population increase the...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 1995                             202/307-0784

THE NATION'S CORRECTIONAL POPULATION TOPS 5 MILLION

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 5.1 million Americans--or
almost 2.7 percent of the adult population--were under some form
of correctional supervision last year, the Department of Justice
reported today.   Almost three-quarters of these men and women
were being supervised in the...

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SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1996                                202/307-0784



       TWO-THIRDS OF SEX OFFENDERS IN STATE PRISONS
                          HAD VICTIMIZED A CHILD

             FAMILY MEMBERS OR ACQUAINTANCES 
                   COMMIT MOST CHILD MURDERS

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Children younger than 18 were the
victims in almost 20 percent of the violent crimes committed by
state prisoners, according to a new Justice Department report
released today.  More than...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE    

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SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1996            202/307-0703

PROBATION AND PAROLE POPULATION REACHES 
ALMOST 3.8 MILLION

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There were almost 3.8
million adult men and women on probation or parole
at the end of 1995, an increase of about 119,000
during the year, the Department of Justice
announced today.  The 3.2 percent increase was...