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Article: STATES' PRISON POPULATION DROPS, FIRST SINCE 1972.(News)

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The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
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August 13, 2001
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Washington - The number of people behind bars in state prisons has fallen for the first time since 1972, following decades of dramatic growth that caused a crisis of overcrowding, says a Justice Department study released Sunday.

The decrease was modest - 6,200 fewer prisoners - but criminologists said the shift from growth to decline is historic because it may signal the end of America's prison boom.

The report, released twice a year by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shows there were more than 1.2 million inmates in state prisons at the end of last year.

"There are young adults who have never drawn a breath in the ...

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