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       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...

IMMIGRATION LAW PROSECUTIONS DOUBLE DURING 1996-2000

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The number of people prosecuted for immigration offenses in federal courts more than doubled from 1996 through the year 2000, growing from 6,605 defendants in 1996 to 15,613 defendants in 2000, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.

In 1996...

NATION'S PRISON POPULATION INCREASE LARGEST IN FOUR YEARS

Nearly 2.1 Million Incarcerated in Local, State and Federal Facilities

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The nation's prisons and jails held 2,078,570 men and women on June 30, 2003, an increase of 57,600 more inmates than state...

THE NATION'S FEDERAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE CASELOAD GREW SUBSTANTIALLY DURING TEN-YEAR PERIOD

WASHINGTON - The number of suspects and defendants processed in the federal criminal justice system grew substantially during the 10-year period of 1994 to 2003, the Justice Department's Bureau...