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| NV incarceration rates down |
| By BRENDAN RILEY - AP |
| Published: 03/02/2009 |
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CARSON CITY, Nev.—Nevada, like other states, has seen an increase in numbers of criminals locked up in prisons and jails. But a new national study shows the state, which once had the nation's highest incarceration rate, has dropped to 14th place in its percentage of adults behind bars. A detailed Pew Center on the States report, based on 2007 and 2008 data, shows the total population of the U.S. corrections system now exceeds 7.3 million, or one in every 31 U.S. adults. For Nevada's corrections system, the comparable total is about 40,000 either in prison or jail or on parole or probation. That's one in every 48 adults. A breakdown of the Nevada total shows that just over half of the 40,000 are locked up in prisons or jails, or one out of every 89 adult residents in the state. That puts Nevada in 14th place nationally, according to the Pew Center report released Monday. "We look pretty good," Nevada Corrections Director Howard Skolnik said in discussing the report. "For years, we were No. 1 in incarceration rates in the United States, and we've moved down to 14th place. Clearly, some of the policies we are putting into place to reduce the inmate population are working." "We are in the bottom fifth of the states in terms of total rate of criminal justice system involvement," Skolnik added. "I think that says an awful lot about what's going on in the state. ... We have improved dramatically in terms of our rates—either that or the rest of the country has gone to hell." Nevada's one-in-48-adults ranking in total corrections population compares with one in 13 adults in Georgia at one end of the scale, and one of every 88 adults in New Hampshire at the other end. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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