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Article: State-by-state prison population statistics from Justice Department report.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- August 18, 1996
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WASHINGTON _ Here is a state-by-state look at prison population trends in 1995, from a Department of Justice report released Sunday:
The 10 states with the largest percentage of prison population growth between 1994 and 1995 were North Carolina (24.2 percent), Mississippi (19), Idaho (18.4), Wyoming (15.4) Nebraska (14.8), Pennsylvania (14.5), Oregon (13.7), North Dakota (13.4), Utah (13.2) and New Mexico (13).
The 10 states with prison-population declines or the smallest percentage gains were District of Columbia (-10.5 percent), Maine (-1.8), Rhode Island (-0.6), New Hampshire (-0.3), Michigan (1.2 percent increase), Montana (1.4), Maryland (2.2), Georgia ...