Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
Over the past six years, the number of people in custody in the United States has continued to grow. By the middle of 2006, the nation's prison and jail population, including federal prisons, totaled 2,245,189 persons. The number of people under correctional supervision, including those incarcerated and on probation and parole, reached more than 7 million persons in 2006. For several years, corrections has been the fastest growing component of many states' budgets. The growing number of people in prison has begun to affect the apportionment of political power between urban and rural communities.
Publication Information & Recommended Citation
Schlanger, Margo, Martin Horn, and Cecelia Klingele. "Corrections." In The State of Criminal Justice 2007-2008, edited by Victor Streib, 129-35. The State of Criminal Justice 2007/2008. Washington, D.C.: American Bar Association, 2008. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)