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Penal system population hits new high at 6.9 million adults.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 27-JUL-04
Format: Online - approximately 465 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Penal system population hits new high at 6.9 million adults.(NATION)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The nation's federal, state and local correctional system population reached a record of nearly 6.9 million adult men and women last year, an increase of about 131,000 over 2002, the Justice Department said yesterday.

About 3.2 percent of the nation's adult population, or 1 in every 32 adults, were incarcerated or on probation or parole in the past year, according to the...

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