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FACT Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice, Statistics Reader Comment |
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Highest incarceration Rates Inmates per 100,000 population |
Lowest Incarceration Rates Inmates per 100,000 population |
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Louisiana |
794 |
Maine |
141 |
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Mississippi |
743 |
Minnesota |
141 |
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Texas |
692 |
North Dakota |
161 |
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Oklahoma |
667 |
Rhode Island |
191 |
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Alabama |
61 2 |
New Hampshire |
192 |
| , the fastest-growing prison population, will soon join the southern states that presently lock up more of their citizens. | |||
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The Imprisoned need to be assured and given the means to redeem themselves both as individuals and in their relations with society." (Pope John Paul II, The Jubilee in Prisons, July 9. 2000.) |
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