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Incarcerations in the United States

The nation's prison population has increased, as have - prison expenditures.

SOURCE: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Pew Public Safety Performance Project, National Association of State Budget Officers | The Washington Post - February 29, 2008

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New High In U.S. Prison Numbers
Article | More than one in 100 adults in the United States is in jail or prison, an all-time high that is costing state governments nearly $50 billion a year and the federal government $5 billion more, according to a report released yesterday.

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