Correctional populations & growth in corrections

The United States now has the highest rate of incarceration in the world; 702 persons per 100,000 population were held in federal and state prisons and jails at midyear 2000. This page indexes articles and other resources about correctional populations found on this site, as well as to selected other sites on the web.

See also:
Crime > Drugs & drug abuse

Resources

• "The Prison Population Bomb" by Paula Mergenhagen. American Demographics Feb 1996.
• "The Price of Punishment". WBUR-FM, Boston, Massachusetts. A series of radio reports by Jennifer Schmidt, who spent two months visiting prisons throughout New England examining the personal and financial costs of policies which have led to record rates of incarceration throughout the U.S.

Correctional statistics

• Bureau of Justice Statistics: Corrections Statistics

Justice Center articles
(in reverse chronological order)

• "Population of Prisoners and Former Prisoners Expanding Rapidly". Alaska Justice Forum 20(4), Winter 2004. Reports on first-ever statistics on the prevalence of imprisonment among the U.S. population.
• "Number of Prisoners Continues to Grow". Alaska Justice Forum 20(2), Summer 2003 Includes statistics for Alaska correctional institutions.
• "Review Essay—Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment" by John Riley. Alaska Justice Forum 19(4), Winter 2003.
• "Correctional Populations: 2001". Alaska Justice Forum 19(2), Summer 2002.
• "Corrections Populations: Mid-2000". Alaska Justice Forum 18(1), Spring 2001.
• "Incarceration on Drug Offenses". Alaska Justice Forum 17(1), Spring 2000.
• "Review Essay: Race to Incarcerate" by John Riley. Alaska Justice Forum 16(2), Summer 1999.
• "Growth in Corrections: State, National and International Numbers". Alaska Justice Forum 15(4), Winter 1999. 
• "Prisoners in the U.S. in 1997 (A BJS Report)". Alaska Justice Forum 15(3), Fall 1998.
• "Prisoners in 1997: The State and Federal Picture (A BJS Report)". Alaska Justice Forum 15(2), Summer 1998.
• "Alaska Prison Data: Some Comparisons" by N.E. Schafer. Alaska Justice Forum 12(4), Winter 1996.
• "National Prisoner Population Growth (A BJS Report)". Alaska Justice Forum 12(4), Winter 1996.
• "Prisoners, 1993 (A BJS Report)". Alaska Justice Forum 11(2), Summer 1994.