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| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2006 | www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs |
| Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784 | |
| After hours: 301-983-9354 |
SERIOUS VIOLENT CRIME AT SCHOOL CONTINUES TO FALL
WASHINGTON - The rate of serious violent crime rape, sexual assault, robbery and aggravated assault at the nation's schools fell from six victimizations per 1,000 students in 2003 to four per 1,000...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2006 | bjs.gov |
| Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784 | |
| After hours: 301-983-9354 |
HIV-POSITIVE STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONERS DECREASED FOR A FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
More than one third of jail inmates reported a medical problem in a national survey
WASHINGTON - The numbers of both HIV-positive state and federal prisoners and AIDS-related prisoner...
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2007 | Contact: Stu Smith 202-307-0784 |
| www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs | After hours: 301-983-9354 |
SCHOOL CRIME RATES STABLE CHILDREN 50 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED AWAY FROM SCHOOL THAN AT SCHOOL
WASHINGTON - Violent and property crime rates at the nation’s schools during 2005-07 such crimes per 1,000 students age 12 or older, were statistically...
| ADVANCE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008 | Contact: Stu Smith 202-307-0784 |
| www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs | After hours: 301-983-9354 |
NUMBER OF HIV-POSITIVE STATE AND FEDERAL INMATES CONTINUES TO DECLINE
About 44 percent of state inmates and 39 percent of federal inmates have medical problems
WASHINGTON Between 2005 and 2006 the number of state and federal prisoners who were HIV-positive decreased 3.1 percent from 22,676...
| IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT 4:00 P.M. EDT | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2008 | Contact: Kara McCarthy: 202-307-1241 |
| bjs.gov | After hours: 781-308-3696 |
AN ESTIMATED 809,800 INMATES IN THE NATION'S PRISONS WERE PARENTS TO 1,706,600 MINOR CHILDREN AT MIDYEAR 2007
WASHINGTON - An estimated 809,800 prisoners of the 1,518,535 held in the nation's prison at midyear 2007 were parents of minor children, according to a report...
