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Potent new Pew report documents 1 in 100 prison reality

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this press release, "[a]ccording to a new report released today by the Pew Center on the States? Public Safety Performance Project, at the start of 2008, 2,319,258 adults were held in American prisons or jails, or one in every 99.1 men and women."  Here are more details from the release:During 2007, the prison population rose by more than 25,000 inmates.  In addition to detailing state and regional prison growth rates, Pew?s report, One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008, identifies how corrections spending compares to other state investments, why it has increased, and what some states are doing to limit growth in both prison populations and costs while maintaining public safety....According to the report, 36 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons saw their prison populations increase in 2007...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 28, 2008 (boomark / email).