Concept information
Preferred term
increase in prison population
Definition
- 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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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/increase_in_prison_population
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