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Report Shows Prison Population Increases, Decreases

April 15, 2015 2109 Views Accessibility, Eastern U.S., Jeff Thiede, Knife River Corporation, MDU Construction Services Group, Net Zero Energy Building Certification, Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office

WASHINGTON — The Sentencing Project, a Washington-based research and advocacy group, released new data on April 8 showing incarceration trends across the U.S. Two-thirds of states (34) have experienced at least a modest decline in prison population since 1999, while one third (16) have seen continued increases, according to the study “U.S. Prison Population Trends: Broad Variation Among States in Recent Years.”