Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2001
Date Published
April 2002
Correctional facility capacity
Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2003
Date Published
May 2004
Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2004
Date Published
April 2005
Correctional Populations in the United States, 1998 - Statistical tables
Date Published
September 2002
Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 1995
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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PRISON CONSTRUCTION KEEPING PACE
WITH POPULATION GROWTH
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- State and federal officials
built 213 new prisons--168 state and 45 federal
facilities--with more than 280,000 beds between 1990
and 1995 to keep pace with the growing prison
population, the Justice Department announced today.
As of mid-year 1995...
Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 1995
Date Published
August 1997
Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear, 2005
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NATION'S PRISON AND JAIL POPULATION GREW 2.6 PERCENT DURING 12 MONTHS THAT ENDED JUNE 30, 2005
WASHINGTON - During the year that ended last June 30, the nation's prison and jail population grew 2.6 percent, reaching 2,186,230 inmates behind bars...
Prison Inmates at Midyear 2008 - Statistical Tables and Jail Inmates at Midyear - Statistical Tables
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GROWTH IN PRISON AND JAIL POPULATIONS SLOWING:
16 States Report Declines in the Number of Prisoners
WASHINGTON - As of June 30, 2008, state and federal correctional authorities had jurisdiction or legal authority over 1,610,584 prisoners. Additionally, 785,556 inmates were held in...