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Drug abuse

Drug Use and Dependence, State and Federal Prisoners, 2004

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 9:00 AM EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2006 www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
  Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
  After hours: 301-983-9354

METHAMPHETAMINE USE INCREASING AMONG STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONERS

WASHINGTON - Prior methamphetamine use among state and federal prisoners has increased since 1997, according to a new report by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The use of methamphetamines...

Parents in Prison and Their Minor Children

IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT 4:00 P.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2008 Contact: Kara McCarthy: 202-307-1241
bjs.gov After hours: 781-308-3696

AN ESTIMATED 809,800 INMATES IN THE NATION'S PRISONS WERE PARENTS TO 1,706,600 MINOR CHILDREN AT MIDYEAR 2007

WASHINGTON - An estimated 809,800 prisoners of the 1,518,535 held in the nation's prison at midyear 2007 were parents of minor children, according to a report...