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Prisoners in 2008

Date Published
December 2009
Agencies
BJS
Publication Type
Publication

Prisoners in 2000

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001 202/307-0784

NATION'S STATE PRISON POPULATION FALLS IN SECOND HALF OF 2000 -- FIRST SUCH DECLINE SINCE 1972

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the last six months of 2000, the nation's state prison population declined by more than 6,200 inmates - the first measured decline since 1972, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...

Prisoners in 2004

ADVANCED FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2005 http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/
  Contact: Stu Smith 202-307-0703
  After hours: 301-983-9354

THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION CONTINUES ITS SLOW GROWTH
UP 1.9 PERCENT LAST YEAR

WASHINGTON - The number of prisoners in the United States rose 1.9 percent during 2004, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. This was lower...