Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2004 [US DOJ]

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Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2004 [US DOJ]

Bernard Hibbitts

April 25, 2005 10:46:00 pm

Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2004, US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, April 24, 2005 [reporting that prison incarceration rates for 2003 – 2004 hit an all-time high, with nearly 2.3 percent of the population being jailed for some length of time]. Read the full text of the report [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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