Article: US prison population largest in world: Justice Department

Article: U.S. prison population double that of 1985, ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 18, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... count in 1985, the Justice Department said Sunday. An ... youth crime. Rapid prison population growth in recent ... capacity, the new Justice Department study showed ... state and local prison population grew 6.8 percent ...

Article: State-by-state prison population statistics from ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 18, 1996 ;     551 words ... ... Here is a state-by-state look at prison population trends in 1995, from a Department ... states with the largest percentage of prison population growth between 1994 and 1995 were ... Mexico (13). The 10 states with prison-population declines or the smallest percentage ...

Article: Justice Department Files Statement Supporting ...
U.S. Newswire;  April 23, 1992 ;     508 words ... ... of interest in support of the city of Philadelphia's motion to modify two consent decrees which cap the Philadelphia prison population. The court-ordered cap currently bars the admission of some criminal defendants and requires the release of others ...

Article: Prison population on rise, says study: ; Federal ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  April 20, 2000 ;     679 words ... ... shows. The state's prison population was the 12th-fastest ... two years, when the prison population grew by more than 12 ... fourth fastest growing prison population, according to the Justice Department study. It's difficult ...

Article: Prison population growth rate slowed in 1999; Drop ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... consecutive decline in the rate of prison population growth, according to Justice Department data. The lowest growth rate was 2 ... incarceration. According to estimates by the Justice Department, the number of inmates in prisons ...

Article: Prison population up with long stays: Study finds ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  August 3, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... the U.S. prison population above 1 ... in 1997, Justice Department officials ... admissions, "the prison population growth in ... findings, the Justice Department reported ... with the prison population on that date ...

Article: Total State Prison Population Dropped for 6 Months ...
The Washington Post;  August 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... prison boom began, the state prison population declined for six months last year, the Justice Department announced yesterday. Thirteen ... significant evidence that the U.S. prison population has stabilized. But he said ...