Statistic
of
the
Week:
We're
just
not
building
the
prisons
fast
enough
8/15/97
According To the US Department of Justice, the years 1991-1995 saw the
construction of 213 new federal and state prisons, increasing capacity
by approximately 41%. Unfortunately, the inmate population during those
years grew by 43%.
To learn more about the explosion of the US prison population, check
out the Sentencing Project's web site at http://www.sproject.com.
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Issue #7, 8/15/97
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