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Nearly 7 Million Under Correctional Supervision In U.S.
Loaded on May 15, 2006
by Michael Rigby
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2006, page 22
At yearend 2004, nearly 7 million adults were in prison, on parole, or on probation in the U.S.--2.5 million more than in 1990--according to a study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics released on November 2, 2005.
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Reviews,
Crime/Demographics,
Crime,
Statistics/Trends,
Overcrowding,
Parole,
Probation.
Location:
United States of America.
Put another way, roughly 1 in every 31 adults were under some form ...
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