2009 Kentucky Statistical Analysis Center
2009-BJ-CX-K029
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2009
$50,000
ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 1994 202/307-0784 MORE PROSECUTIONS AND TOUGHER SENTENCING GUIDELINES PROMPT INCREASED INCARCERATIONS OF NON-CITIZENS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An increase in the number of prosecutions and convictions for federal drug and immigration offenses, as well as changes in mandatory time-served provisions, prompted a four-fold increase in the number of non-citizens incarcerated in federal prisons between 1984...