Prison population on the rise

February 14th, 2007 | by DBFerguson | | Post to NewsCloud »

There are more than 1.5 million inmates in the nation’s state and federal prisons, a number that is projected to grow to more than 1.7 million by the end of 2011, a 13 percent increase. The nation’s population, by comparison, is projected to grow by 4.5 percent in that time.

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