Probation and Parole in the United States, 2000
| ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT | BJS |
| SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2001 | 202/307-0784 |
| Revised 8/28/01 | |
NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL POPULATION REACHES NEW HIGH -- GROWS BY 126,400 DURING 2000 TO TOTAL 6.5 MILLION ADULTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nation's combined federal, state and local adult correctional population reached a new high of almost 6.5 million men and women in 2000, having grown by 126,400 men and women...