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U.S. Prison Population Declined For Third Consecutive Year During 2012

August 22, 2013 posted by Steve Brownstein

The U.S. prison population declined 1.7 percent from 2011 to 2012, falling to an estimated 1,571,013 prisoners, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

It was the third consecutive year of a decline in the number of state prisoners.

Nine states had a decrease of more than 1,000 prisoners in 2012: California, Texas, North Carolina, Colorado, Arkansas, New York, Florida, Virginia and Maryland.