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Drug Offenders in Federal Prisons: Estimates of Characteristics Based on Linked Data

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2015                          Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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MORE THAN HALF OF DRUG OFFENDERS IN FEDERAL PRISON WERE SERVING SENTENCES FOR POWDER OR CRACK COCAINE

WASHINGTON – More than half (54 percent) of drug offenders in federal custody at yearend 2012 were serving sentences for powder or...

Jail Inmates at Midyear 2014

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THE NATION'S JAILS HELD FEWER INMATES AT MIDYEAR 2014 COMPARED TO
THEIR PEAK COUNT IN 2008

WASHINGTON – County and city jails held an estimated 744,600 inmates at midyear 2014, which was significantly lower than the peak population of 785,500...

Jails in Indian Country, 2011

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012                          Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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2,239 INMATES IN INDIAN COUNTRY JAILS IN 2011, UP 5.7 PERCENT FROM 2010

WASHINGTON­ – At midyear 2011, a total of 2,239 inmates were confined in Indian country jails, a 5.7 percent increase from the 2,119 inmates confined at...

Jail Inmates at Midyear 2010 - Statistical Tables

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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2011             Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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U.S. JAIL POPULATION CONTINUES TO DECLINE

WASHINGTON – The U.S. local jail inmate population has declined for the second consecutive year, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The jail population declined by 2.4 percent in...

Jails in Indian Country, 2010

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011            Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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INDIAN COUNTRY JAIL POPULATION DECLINED 2.6 PERCENT BETWEEN 2009 AND 2010

Nearly 80,000 American Indians/Alaska Natives were under correctional supervision in the U.S.

WASHINGTON­ – At midyear 2010 a total of 2,119 inmates were held in Indian country jails...

Survey of Sexual Violence in Adult Correctional Facilities, 2009-11 - Statistical Tables

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014                     Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
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ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION IN PRISONS AND JAILS ROSE
FROM 2009 TO 2011; SUBSTANTIATED INCIDENTS REMAINED STABLE

WASHINGTON – Correctional administrators reported 8,763 allegations of sexual victimization in prisons, jails and other adult correctional facilities in 2011, a statistically...