Prison population up by more than 1,000 since start of year, figures show
The number of inmates grew by 1,184 in the five weeks from December 30 and February 3, according to analysis by the PA news ...
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The prison population is going up as prisons struggle with staffing and overpopulation
The prison population has been creeping back upward. New laws in some states instituting harsher punishments threaten to further fill prisons, many of which are already understaffed and overcrowded.