Prison Inmates at Midyear 2007 and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2007
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SLOWER GROWTH IN THE NATION’S PRISON AND JAIL POPULATIONS
WASHINGTON -- The growth in the number of prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction slowed during the first six months of 2007, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today. The...