1 in 32 U.S. Adults Are in Corrections System
From Times Wire Reports
The number of adults behind bars, on parole or on probation reached a record 6.47 million in 2000, or 1 in 32 American adults, the Justice Department reported.
On the positive side, the percentage increase from 1999 was half the average annual rate since 1990.
Over the last two decades, the number of adults in the corrections system has tripled, so they now make up 3.1% of the country’s adult population, compared to 1% in 1980, said Allen J. Beck, a chief researcher with the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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