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| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 202-598-9320 |
U.S. PRISON POPULATION DECLINED FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR DURING 2012
WASHINGTON – The U.S. prison population declined 1.7 percent (or by 27,770 inmates) from 2011 to 2012, falling to an estimated 1,571,013 prisoners, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice...
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| THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-9320 |
ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION IN PRISONS AND JAILS ROSE
FROM 2009 TO 2011; SUBSTANTIATED INCIDENTS REMAINED STABLE
WASHINGTON – Correctional administrators reported 8,763 allegations of sexual victimization in prisons, jails and other adult correctional facilities in 2011, a statistically...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-9320 |
ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION IN PRISONS AND JAILS ROSE
FROM 2009 TO 2011; SUBSTANTIATED INCIDENTS REMAINED STABLE
WASHINGTON – Correctional administrators reported 8,763 allegations of sexual victimization in prisons, jails and other adult correctional facilities in 2011, a statistically...
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| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 | Contact: Sheila Jerusalem(202) 616-3227 |
| HTTP://WWW.BJS.GOV/ | After hours: (202) 598-0793 |
U.S. JAIL POPULATION DECLINES FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR
WASHINGTON – The U.S. jail inmate population declined for a third consecutive year, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. From June 2010 to June...
