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Prison Population Sees Biggest Rise in 6 Years

HeadlineJun 28, 2007

New figures show the U.S. prison population has seen its biggest rise since the year 2000. On Wednesday, the Justice Department reported the number of prisoners increased by more than 62,000 last year. There are now more than 2.2 million people behind bars in the United States.

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