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Corrections 7m ap Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020826/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/corrections_population_5 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020826/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/corrections_population_5 White House - AP Cabinet & State Corrections Population Hits 6.6M Mon Aug 26, 1:41 AM ET The number of people in the U.S. correctional system hit a record 6.6 million — more than 3 in every 100 adults_ last year, the Justice Department ( news - web sites) says. The adult population either behind bars, on probation or parole climbed by 147,700, or 2.3 percent, between 2000 and 2001, and compared with less than 4.4 million adults in 1990, the department reported Sunday. Nearly 4 million people were on probation, 2.8 percent more than in 2000, while there was a 1 percent increase of those on parole, to 731,147. The number of people in prison grew by 1.1 percent to 1.3 million, the smallest annual increase in nearly three decades. There was a 1.6 percent increase of people in jails, to 631,240. More than half of those on probation — 53 percent — had been convicted of felonies, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report. Experts noted a recent trend toward fewer arrests for murder, rape and other violent crimes. Many of those on probation were convicted of using illegal drugs or driving while intoxicated. In addition, some states have eliminated mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes. California's Proposition 36, passed in 2000 with 61 percent of the vote, requires treatment rather than incarceration for nonviolent drug offenders. Most of those drug users wind up on probation. "The collection of reforms, from drug courts to treatment in lieu of incarceration to sentence reforms like getting rid of mandatory minimums and expanding community correction options, have the effect of redirecting people from prison to probation," said Nick Turner, director of national programs for the Vera Institute of Justice. The nonprofit research group works with governments on criminal justice issues. However, Marc Mauer, assistant director of Sentencing Project, which favors alternatives to incarceration, said: "The overall figures suggest that we've come to rely on the criminal justice system as a way of responding to social problems in a way that's unprecedented." The report said 46 percent of those discharged from parole in 2001 had met the conditions of supervision, while 40 percent went back to jail or prison for violations. Among states, Texas had the most adults under correctional supervision, 755,100. California was second with 704,900. Texas also had the most adults on probation, 443,684, followed by California at 350,768. Whites accounted for 55 percent of those on probation, while blacks made up 31 percent. Among those behind bars, however, 46 percent of those incarcerated were black and 36 percent were white. ___ On the Net: The Sentencing Project: http://www.sentencingproject.org Vera Institute of Justice: http://www.vera.org Bureau of Justice Statistics: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

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