Article: PRISON POPULATION DOWN; IT'S TIME TO STEP UP STATE REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR GREATER RESULTS.(Editorial)(Editorial)

Article: New York Prison Population ...
Corrections Compendium;  March 1, 2001 ;     560 words ... ... number of state inmates in New York is declining for the ... felons. The decline in New York thus far is slight: The state's prison population dropped from 71,750 ... state's drug laws, the prison population could recede more. Aides ...

Article: Arrested prevention; Untreated prisoners become health risks to ...
Crain's New York Business;  July 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ...New York state prison inmate Derrick Corley fears ... 000 prisoners will eventually return to New York City once released, and thousands are ... intervention. Fewer than 100 inmates in New York state prisons are receiving the medication ...

Article: PRISON POPULATION STILL INFLATED IN NEW ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  August 15, 2003 ;     435 words ... ... your editorial (Aug. 11) points out, the decline in the number of people in state prisons is a positive sign that perhaps New York state is rethinking its overreliance on incarceration. However, even if this trend continues, the consequences of a 30 ...

Article: Prison population heads for first drop since ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  December 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... may soon see its prison population drop for the first ... sociology professor at New York University. "In ... overdue." The U.S. prison population dropped steadily ... percent growth in the prison population is the smallest annual ...

Article: Prison population to have first drop since 1972
AP Worldstream;  December 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... may soon see its prison population drop for the first ... sociology professor at New York University. " ... quot; The U.S. prison population dropped steadily ... percent growth in the prison population is the smallest annual ...

Article: STATES' PRISON POPULATION DROPS, FIRST SINCE ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  August 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... 4 percent), New York (down 3.7 percent ... decline in the state prison population over the final months. The number of New York state inmates peaked ... Central and Northern New York. All told, the prison population decrease is expected ...

Article: PRISON POPULATION BOOMING INMATES IN COLORADO ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... populations. In Idaho, the prison population soared 17.9 percent in ... California, showed little prison population growth, and in many cases ... Suthers said. ``In New York, the prison population declined 1.7 percent ...