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U.S. Prison-Jail Population: 2.3 Million

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National Law Journal reports, "Number of state, federal prisoners in U.S. grew slightly in first half of 2007."The number of state and federal prisoners in the United States grew by 1.6% in the first half of 2007, which is lower than the 2% growth for the same period in 2006, according to new data from the Department of Justice. The number of prisoners, some of whom were housed in local jails, reached nearly 1.6 million by the end of June 2007, according to two new reports released by the DOJ. The combined prison and jail custody population reached nearly 2.3 million. The DOJ said the slower growth in the prison population can be attributed to the 10 states with the largest number of prisoners in 2000: Texas, California, Florida, New York, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).