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Pew Survey Shows State Prison Population Dropped in 2009

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Pew Survey Shows State Prison Population Dropped in 2009 "Combining the state and federal figures, the nation's total prison population rose by 1,099 inmates. Given the small size of the national increase, the incarceration rate did not change and remains at or about 1 in 100 adults, or 2.3 million out of 230 million, according to Pew." Release Type: Pew Press Release Washington, D.C. - 03/17/2010 - For the first time in nearly 40 years, the number of state prisoners in the United States has declined, according to Prison Count 2010, a new survey by the Pew Center on the States. As of January 1, 2010, there were 1,403,091 persons under the jurisdiction of state prison authorities, 5,739 (0.4 percent) less than on December 31, 2008. This marks the first year-to-year drop in the nation?s state prison population since 1972...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 17, 2010 (boomark / email).