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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > penology > prisons and correctional facilities > prison population > increase in prison population

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increase in prison population  

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  • It would be no exaggeration to say that during the past two decades the U.S. prison system has been a growth industry. There are now more than 2 million people behind bars in America, with an incarceration rate above 700 per 100,000 (if we include jails), triple what it was 20 years ago. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Increase in Prison Population]

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