Thursday, June 28, 2007

new prison stats

this is the same first line that i used last year: the latest stats for prison and jail populations have been released. nothing new really, populations are increasing. in fact, this time it is the largest increase since 2000.
the nation’s prison and jail populations increased by 62,037 inmates (up 2.8 percent), to total 2,245,189 inmates, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics reported today.
the press release is here.

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