Article: Slower Growth In The Nation's Prison And Jail Populations.

Article: From midyear 2005 to midyear 2006 (June 30, 2006), inmates in state prisons increased 3 percent; in federal prisons, 3.2 percent; and in local jails, 2,5 percent.(Inter Alia)(Brief article)
Corrections Compendium;  July 1, 2007 ;     244 words ......prisons, 3.2 percent; and in local Jails, 2,5 percent, as reported...percent vs. 2.7 percent). Similarly...females in local jails grew at a...percent vs. 2.2 percent). From 2000...women in local jails increased 40 percent and men ...

Article: U.S. Department of Justice: The Nation's Prison Population Continues Its Slow Growth; Up 1.9 Percent in 2004
U.S. Newswire;  October 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the United States rose 1.9 percent during 2004, the Department...during the last decade (3.2 percent) and just below the growth rate in 2003 (2.0 percent). The number of inmates...increased by 20,759 (1.6 percent) and the number under federal jurisdiction by 7,269 (4.2 percent). The total ...

Article: Prisoner population in the United States rises 1.9 percent.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
Law Enforcement Technology;  December 1, 2005 ;     188 words ......United States rose 1.9 percent during 2004, the Department...the last decade (3.2 percent) and just below the growth rate in 2003 (2.0 percent). As of December 31...inmates incarcerated in local jails), 713,990 in local jails...increases of at least 5 percent during ...

Article: The number of inmates in the United States rose 1.9 percent during 2004, a decrease from the average annual rate of growth during the last decade (3.2 percent) and just below the growth rate in 2003 (2.0 percent).(Brief Article)
Corrections Compendium;  November 1, 2005 ;     279 words ......the United States rose 1.9 percent during 2004, a decrease...during the last decade (3.2 percent) and just below the growth rate in 2003 (2.0 percent), the Bureau of Justice...increased by 20,759 inmates (1.6 percent) and the number under federal jurisdiction by 7,269 (4.2 percent). The ...

Article: Justice Department paints bleak picture of inmates in nation's local jails
AP Online;  April 26, 1998 ;     578 words ......WASHINGTON (AP) _ Almost half the female inmates and 13 percent of jailed men have been abused sexually or physically...released Sunday. More than a quarter of the women _ 27 percent _ and 3 percent of men said the abuse included rape. Large numbers...welfare or in public housing. More than a third _ 36 ...

Article: REPORT CITES SERIOUS OVERCROWDING IN LOCAL JAILS
The Boston Globe;  October 26, 1987 ;     221 words ......in the nation's local jails. The occupancy rate...year was running 8 percent ahead of rated capacity...confinement, with 86 percent of them cited for...units. Increasingly, local jails are being used to...jurisdictions jumped 68 percent from mid-1983 to...were being held in ...

Article: NATION'S PRISON AND JAIL POPULATION GREW 2.6 PERCENT DURING 12 MONTHS THAT ENDED JUNE 30, 2005
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 21, 2006 ;     515 words ......jail population grew 2.6 percent, reaching 2,186,230 inmates...third (747,529) were in local jails. The 12-month increase...systems grew by more than 5 percent, led by Montana (up 7...and New York (down 2.5 percent) * The Federal prison population rose 2.9 percent, reaching 184,484 ...

Article: DOJ: Nation's Prison and Jail Population Grew 2.6 Percent During 12 Months That Ended June 30, 2005
U.S. Newswire;  May 21, 2006 ;     611 words ......jail population grew 2.6 percent, reaching 2,186,230 inmates...third (747,529) were in local jails. The 12-month increase...grew by more than five percent, led by Montana (up 7...and New York (down 2.5 percent) -- The Federal prison population rose 2.9 percent, reaching 184,484 ...

Article: An Estimated 426,479 People in the Nation's Local Jails
U.S. Newswire;  June 28, 1992 ;     643 words ......and women in the nation's local jails as of mid-1991, the Bureau...announced today. The 5.2 percent increase from the year before...Justice Programs. Nationally, local jails were estimated to be operating at 101 percent of rated capacity, lower...was 422,609 inmates, a 3.6 ...

Article: 3.2 Percent Of Inmates Report Sexual Victimization In Local Jails.
M2 Presswire;  June 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......of Justice: 3.2 Percent Of Inmates Report...Victimization In Local Jails(C)1994-2008 M2...An estimated 3.2 percent of jail inmates...staff, and 1.1 percent (8,400) said they...randomly selected local jails between April and...voluntary, with 67 percent completing ...

Article: 3.2 Percent of Inmates Report Sexual Victimization in Local Jails
U.S. Newswire;  June 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......announced today. About 1.6 percent of all inmates (12,100...involving another inmate, 2.0 percent (15,200) reported an incident...involving jail staff, and 0.4 percent reported being victimized...staff. An estimated 1.3 percent of inmates (10,400) said...unwillingly with staff, and 1.1 ...

Article: State prison homicide rates down 93 percent; Jail suicide rates 64 percent lower than in early 1980s.
M2 Presswire;  August 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......homicide rates down 93 percent; Jail suicide rates 64 percent lower than in early...suicide rate in local jails fell from 129 per...suicide rate in local jails (50 per 100,000...was more than 50 percent higher than that...states reported 43 percent of all prison ...

Article: State Prison Homicide Rates Down 93 Percent; Jail Suicide Rates 65 Percent Lower Than in Early 1980s
U.S. Newswire;  August 19, 2005 ;     653 words ......The suicide rate in local jails fell from 129 per...50 deaths in either local jails (20) or state prisons...male suicide rate in local jails (50 per 100,000 inmates) was more than 50 percent higher than that of...states reported 43 percent of all prison murders...per ...

Article: July construction down 5 percent
FDM;  October 1, 2001 ;     words ...