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Article: U.S. PRISON POPULATION GROWTH FOR EARLY 1989 BREAKS RECORD

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September 11, 1989
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CHART POPULATIONS IN STATE PRISONS IN THE MIDWEST

THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION.

The nation's prison population jumped by a record 46,004 inmates in the first six months of 1989 for a total of 673,565 men and women behind bars, the Bureau of Justice Statistics said Sunday. The six-month leap broke the record not only for half-year increases but also was higher than any annual increase recorded during the 64 years the government has counted prisoners, the bureau said.

The largest annual increase ever recorded was in 1981-82, when the national prison population grew by 41,060 inmates, from 344,283 to 385,343, said the bureau's Tom Hester.

The 7.3 percent ...

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