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PA: The number of prisoners increased by 40% in 9 years

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Number of inmates in Pa. prisons increases by 40 percent in nine years By Debra Erdley Sunday, August 23, 2009 Pennsylvania's prison population explosion is forcing officials to look hundreds of miles away for solutions. While the general population stagnated over the past nine years, Pennsylvania's prison population swelled by nearly 40 percent, prompting state officials to take an old prison out of mothballs, haul modular units into prison yards across the state, farm inmates out to county jails and develop plans for four new prisons. Corrections Commissioner Jeffrey Beard has talked informally with Michigan Corrections Director Patricia Caruso about sending Pennsylvania's wrongdoers to Michigan, which has closed facilities...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 25, 2009 (boomark / email).