Article: Population behind bars exceeds 8000 PRISONS: RECORD HIGH

Article: Prison numbers turn downward
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Prison numbers turn downward States...boom began, the state prison population declined for a six-mon...Wisconsin, the state prison population continues to rise...evidence that the U.S. prison population had stabilized, although...

Article: Scots prison population could exceed 9,000 by 2015
The Scotsman;  November 17, 2005 ;     448 words ...SCOTLAND'S record prison population will keep rising over...threatening to send the prison population spiralling even higher...introduced to keep the prison population in check. Plans which...presiding over soaring prison numbers. Juliet Lyon, director...Reform Trust, ...

Article: Prison numbers set to rocket.(News)
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  August 4, 2002 ;     108 words ...SCOTLAND will soon have the highest prison population in Europe, an expert has warned. Dr Andrew Coyle, professor...of prison studies at the University of London, fears prison numbers will rocket if the Scottish Executive goes ahead with...almost 7000 inmates, but Dr Coyle estimates that if the ...

Article: NSW: NSW prison population expected to increase
AAP General News (Australia);  June 11, 2001 ;     417 words ......Australia) 06-11-2001 NSW: NSW prison population expected to increase By...SYDNEY, June 11 AAP - NSW's prison population is expected to increase...committee on the Increase in Prison Population. Mr Ryan, the committee...

Article: Prison population growth slows after 2-decade spike.(N)
The Virginian Pilot;  September 30, 2007 ;     686 words ......decades of massive growth, the U.S. prison population began to level off in the first six...near the 77 percent spike in the prison population from 1990 to 2000. The data, from...The result was an explosion in the prison population even as crime rates began to drop...

Article: Prison population leveling off: ; Decreased popularity of crack cocaine, new policing strategies cited as causes for decline
Charleston Daily Mail;  October 1, 2007 ;     682 words ......decades of massive growth, the U.S. prison population began to level off in the first six...near the 77 percent spike in the prison population from 1990 to 2000. The data, from...The result was an explosion in the prison population even as crime rates began to drop...

Article: Prison population hits all-time high; Judges told to change.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  April 30, 2005 ;     228 words ......criminal justice system if it's serious about reducing prison numbers and reserve prison for serious and violent offenders only...drug treatment programmes that they so badly need.' The prison population of England and Wales has risen by 25,000 in the past 10...

Article: US prison population largest in world: Justice Department
Xinhua News Agency;  October 24, 2005 ;     293 words ...US prison population largest in world: Justice Department...States has the world's largest prison population and the figure is still growing...US Justice Department, the US prison population, already the largest in the world...

Article: Prison numbers blamed for riot.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  October 25, 2002 ;     47 words ......overcrowding, the president of the Prison Governors' Association has claimed. Mike Newell said there could be riots in other jails if there is not a reduction in the prison population, which now stands at 72,517, up 4,500 in the last 12 months alone.

Article: Prison numbers tipped to increase 20 per cent
The Press;  February 14, 2004 ;     210 words ...New Zealand's prison population is predicted to soar 20 per cent in the next 10 years. Justice...per cent increase in prison inmates by 2013. Most growth in prison numbers will be in the North Island. Four new prisons will be built...

Article: Fed: Prison numbers up six per cent
AAP General News (Australia);  December 13, 2007 ;     144 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 12-13-2007 Fed: Prison numbers up six per cent Australia's prison population has increased by six per cent .. with an extra 14-hundred offenders serving time. The Bureau of Statistics says most new inmates...

Article: Prison Population Hits 2 Million Mark
Xinhua English Newswire;  February 16, 2000 ;     183 words ...The U.S. prison population reached the two million mark...to equal the growth of the prison population during the previous 90 years...California, home to the largest prison population. In Louisiana, the rate is...

Article: FED: Prison population grows by 8.7 per cent
AAP General News (Australia);  April 14, 1999 ;     462 words ......Australia) 04-14-1999 FED: Prison population grows by 8.7 per cent CANBERRA, April 14 AAP - Australia's prison population grew by 8.7 per cent last...a doubling of the state's prison population in the past five years, a...

Article: State prison population rises 2%
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 29, 2000 ;     149 words ...State prison population rises 2% Associated Press Friday...2000 Madison -- The Wisconsin prison population increased 2% this year, the...especially pleased that the prison population nearly leveled off in the last...