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Article: Prison population on rise, says study: ; Federal report says rate of growth has decreased
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- Charleston Daily Mail
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- April 20, 2000
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DAILY MAIL WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON - Growth in West Virginia's prisons has slowed, but
the number of inmates continues to climb. West Virginia fell out of
the top 10 fastest growing prison systems, a report by the U.S.
Department of Justice released late Wednesday shows.
The state's prison population was the 12th-fastest growing in the
country between June 1998 and June 1999, climbing by 8.9 percent.
Vermont's prisons expanded at the fastest rate, 14.9 percent.
West Virginia's rate is down slightly from the previous two
years, when the prison population grew by more than 12 percent each
year.
The number of West Virginia residents has grown by less than 1
percent in the 1990s, but for ...