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US Prison Population Report
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1995, page 8
According to the Department of Justice the American prison population has grown more than 2.5 times between 1980 and 1993. As of 1993, the latest year statistics are available, 2.6% of the US adult population, 4.9 million adults, were on parole, probation, in prison or jail. This represents an increase …
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