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Article: During 2005, the U.S. prison population grew 1.9 percent, and 2.3 million people were incarcerated at year-end.(Inter Alia)(Brief article)
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- Corrections Compendium
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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During 2005, the U.S. prison population grew 1.9 percent, and 2.3 million people were incarcerated at year-end, according to the BJS bulletin Prisoners in 2005, by Paige M. Harrison and Allen J. Beck. This growth is less than the average annual growth since the end of 1995--3.1 percent. However, the rate of incarceration has increased to 491 sentenced inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents from the 1995 rate of 411 per 100,000.
Fourteen states had population increases of at least 5 percent. The most growth in 2005 was reported in South Dakota (11.9 percent), Montana (10.9 percent), Kentucky (10.4 percent), Nebraska (7.9 percent) and Alabama (7.7 percent). On the ...