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Report: Decreases in U.S. Jail Population Slowed By California's Realignment

Exponential increases in the U.S. jail population over the past 20 years appear to have leveled off and even reversed slightly, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

The DOJ's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported in May 2014 that the jail population in midyear 2013—731,208 nationwide—was …

 

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