Newsletter Articles | March 1, 1998
Rising Inmate Population Attributed to Chemical Dependency
OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Industry News
Despite a decline in the crime rate over the past five years, the number of inmates in the nations jails and prisons rose again in 1997, led by an increase of more than nine percent in the number of people confined in city and county jails, according to a study released on January 19, 1998 by the Justice Department. The total number of Americans in jails and prisons reached 1,725,842 last June. The national incarceration rate . . .