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| Large inmate population continues to grow in North Dakota |
| By jamestownsun.com- Andrew Sheeler |
| Published: 12/07/2015 |
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BISMARCK—The level of North Dakota's incarceration can be understood if the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is imagined as a county: Its population would be more than Slope, Burke, Billings, Sheridan, Golden Valley and Oliver counties, according to data provided by the 2010 U.S. Census. If it were a city, it would be the 10th largest in the state, just behind Jamestown. North Dakota's incarcerated population is not only large, it's growing. A 2014 study released by the Pew Charitable Trust found that North Dakota's incarceration rate saw a 175 percent increase from 1994 to 2014, second in the country only to West Virginia. Read More. |
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