Article: PRISON POPULATION CLIMBING AGAIN

BILL SANDERSON, Trenton Bureau
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
03-31-1994
PRISON POPULATION CLIMBING AGAIN -- COST-CONTROL EFFORTS IN JEOPARDY
By BILL SANDERSON, Trenton Bureau
Date: 03-31-1994, Thursday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early

TRENTON -- After about a year of decline, the number of state prisoners has
increased by more than 1,500 since last June, complicating Governor
Whitman's efforts to bring prison and jail spending under control.

For a time during 1992 and 1993, it seemed that the prison growth
of the 1980s finally had been stemmed. The number of state inmates
declined, dropping from 24,001 on June 30, 1992, to 23,010 a ...

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