Number of U.S. prisoners has biggest rise in 6 years
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The United States, which has the most prisoners of any country in the world, last year recorded the largest increase in the number of people in prisons and jails since 2000, the Justice Department reported on Wednesday.
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The United States is expanding its two major detention centers in Iraq with the expectation that the new security crackdown in Baghdad will add hundreds and perhaps thousands of prisoners to the 17,000 it  holds,  U.S. military spokesmen said.
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By DON THOMPSON  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal judge on Monday gave California officials six months to ease crowding in the nation's largest prison system, warning that court-ordered remedies could include limiting the inmate population and releasing some prisoners early.
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The U.S. announced the transfer Tuesday of six Guantanamo Bay prisoners back to their home countries, including one who, according to his lawyers, now may face abuse in Tunisia for nonviolent political activities.
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Violent crime in the United States rose more than previously believed in 2006, continuing the most significant increase in more than a decade, according to an FBI report released yesterday.
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The increase would boost American forces in the country to 27,000, the highest level since 2001.
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New generation of violent inmates blamed for growth of gang culture in prisons
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Tough sentencing laws, record numbers of drug offenders and high crime rates have contributed to the United States having the largest prison population and the highest rate of incarceration in the world, according to criminal justice experts.
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Federal authorities expect to identify and deport more than 200,000 immigrants this year who are convicted criminals serving time in prisons across the country.
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New data suggests that the prisoners affected by recent changes to drug sentencing laws are very different from the general prison population.
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By Cassie Tarpley, The Shelby Star, N.C.  Jun. 24--SHELBY -- Each year, more than 22,000 inmates are released from North Carolina's state prison system. Ninety-eight percent of the inmates in prison today will be released in the future.
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A federal judge on Monday gave California officials six months to ease crowding in the nation's largest prison system, warning that court-ordered remedies could include limiting the inmate population and releasing some prisoners early.
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The number of inmates killing themselves in prisons rose significantly in 2007, figures show.
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The number of inmates killing themselves in prisons in England and Wales rose significantly in 2007, figures show.
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U.S. Republican and Democratic  lawmakers on Wednesday launched an effort to help the 650,000  people released each year from the world's largest prison  system, to stay out of jail.
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Figures seen by the BBC show that self-inflicted deaths in English prisons reached a new monthly high in August.
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Japan's prisons are at their most crowded in years, a result of rising crime and longer sentences.