Federal Prison Population Spiked 790 Percent Since 1980

Federal Prison Population Spiked 790 Percent Since 1980: pThe U.S. federal prison population has increased almost 790 percent since 1980 from about 25,000 inmates to 219,000 in 2012, according to a new Congressional Research Service report. Federal prisons make up the largest component of a U.S. prison system that dwarfs all others in the world. The agency tasked with providing policy analysis to Congress attributes the spike to a host [...]/p