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Posted in Speakeasy Main by David Borden on Thu, 11/30/2006 - 3:59pm

The Bureau of Justice Statistics annual report on use of the criminal justice system has come out, and there is landmark grim news: There are now seven million people under criminal justice control -- in prison or jail, on probation, or or parole -- in the United States.

I am having trouble finding a link to the report -- maybe it's not posted yet -- but Phil will be covering this in Drug War Chronicle tonight. So check back for more details on the bad news...

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Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/19/2006 - 6:31pm

Did you find the link to the DOJ report? If not, Doug Berman at Sentencing Law and Policy blog might have posted it last week. Check my blog: zlegaltimes.blogspot.com now and again for grins and serious (sometimes) stuff. Regards, aka "Major" Mori

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