Monday, 7. April 2003

Topic: LOST FOUND - on April 7, 2003 at 3:03:20 PM CEST

1 in every 142 U.S. residents was in prison or jail

The number of people in U.S. prisons and jails last year topped 2 million for the first time, driven by get-tough sentencing policies that mandate long terms for drug offenders and other criminals, the government reported Sunday.

The federal government accounted for more inmates than any state, with almost 162,000, according to a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, part of the Justice Department. That number includes the transfer of about 8,900 District of Columbia prisoners to the federal system.

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