Tag: Prison population
By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Tue Dec 26, 2006 at 06:23:10 PM EST
Tags: War on Drugs, Prison population (all tags)
Posted on Tue Dec 26, 2006 at 06:23:10 PM EST
Tags: War on Drugs, Prison population (all tags)
Via the New York City Independent Media Center and the DMI blog:
These are some statistics from the Department of Justice reflecting data through 2005.
What they tell us: America continues to be a prison nation. The drug war doesn't work. Over-incarceration doesn't work. Our elected officials in Congress need to spend time addressing these issues in 2007.
- the prison population grew 1.9% over the past year
- the United States has 2,320,359 people incarcerated
- in 1995, America sentenced 411 people per 100,000 residents; today it is 491
- there are around 600,000 more people in jail today than 10 years ago
- since 1995, the total number of male prisoners has grown 34%; female prisoners have risen 57%
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