Prison population

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

     THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION GREW
                ALMOST 9 PERCENT LAST YEAR

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nation's state and federal prisons had to 
find room for 83,294 more inmates last year--the
second largest annual increase in history and just 1,470 fewer than 
the 84,764 increase recorded in 1989. The total...

Record Number of Prisoners Reached Again Last Year
U.S. Department of Justice

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of state and federal prisoners at 
the end of last year reached a new record number--948,881 
inmates, an almost two-fold increase since 1980, the Justice 
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.  
In 1980...

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         Almost 1.6 milllion men and women
        in the Nation's Prisons and Jails

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There were almost 1.6 million
men and women in the nation's jails and prisons
last year, an increase of 66,843 in state prisons
and 5,216 in federal prisons from 1994, the
Department of...

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    NATION'S JAIL AND PRISON INCARCERATION RATE
         ALMOST DOUBLED DURING LAST DECADE

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The incarceration rate in
the nation's federal and state prisons and local
jails almost doubled during the last decade, the
Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS) announced today.  However, this growth
recently slowed...

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NATION'S PRISON POPULATION INCREASED 5 PERCENT LAST
YEAR


     WASHINGTON -- The nation's adult prison
population grew by 55,876 inmates last year, bringing
the total to a new record of 1,182,169 federal and
state prisoners as of last December 31, the Justice
Department reported today.  Overall, the number of...

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NATION'S PRISONS AND JAILS HOLD MORE THAN 1.7
MILLION     Up Almost 100,000 in a Year

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As of last June 30 the
nation's prisons and jails held 1,725,842 men
and women, an increase of more than 96,100
inmates over the prior year, the Justice
Department's Bureau...

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       NATION'S PRISON POPULATION INCREASED
         BY MORE THAN 5 PERCENT DURING 1997

     WASHINGTON, D.C.--The nation's adult prison population
grew by 5.2 percent last year--somewhat less than the
average annual growth rate of 7 percent recorded since 1990,
the Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
announced today. The additional 61,186...

Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 1998

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INCARCERATION RATE MORE THAN DOUBLES IN DOZEN YEARS

     WASHINGTON, D.C.--At midyear 1998, one in
every 150 U.S. residents was incarcerated, with an
estimated 1,802,496 men and women held in the
country's prisons and jails, the Justice
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics...

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THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION GREW BY 60,000
INMATES LAST YEAR THE LARGEST INCREASE SINCE 1995  

     WASHINGTON, D.C.   The nation's state and
federal prison population grew by almost 60,000
inmates during 1998 the states and the District of
Columbia added 49,798 prisoners and the federal
system added 10,068, the Justice Department's
Bureau of...

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NATION'S PRISON AND JAIL POPULATION REACHES 1,860,520
       COULD REACH TWO MILLION BY LATE 2001

     WASHINGTON, D.C.   The nation's prisons and jails held
1,860,520 inmates at midyear 1999, the Justice Department's
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.  That
was an increase of  58,333 from a year earlier, or 1,122
more inmates each...

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THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION GROWTH RATE SLOWS

     WASHINGTON, D.C.   During 1999, the nation's prison population
rose at the lowest rate since 1979 and recorded the smallest absolute
increase since 1988, according to a bulletin released today by the
Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The prison
population growth slowed to 3.4 percent last...

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NATION'S STATE PRISON POPULATION GROWTH SLOWS -- LOWEST ANNUAL RATE INCREASE SINCE 1971

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the year ending June 30, 2000, the nation's state prison population grew by the smallest percentage in 29 years, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The growth in the number of prisoners...

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)...

NATION'S PRISON AND JAIL POPULATION EXCEEDS 2 MILLION INMATES FOR FIRST TIME

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation's prisons and jails held more than 2 million inmates for the first time on June 30, 2002, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.

The 50 states, the District of Columbia and...

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...