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| Iowa prison population projected to grow 39 percent by 2024 |
| By qctimes.com- Rod Boshart |
| Published: 11/06/2014 |
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DES MOINES — A new state forecast projects Iowa’s prison population could grow by 39 percent over the next 10 years to an estimated inmate count of 11,317. That would significantly exceed the design capacity at existing state penal institutions. The 34-page report prepared by the state Department of Human Rights’ Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning projects that the male inmate population would exceed the prison system’s design capacity by 37 percent and the number of female inmates would top design capacity by 10 percent if the overall numbers grow from last June’s 8,119 count to 11,317 mid-2024. Read More. |
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