Links & Resources
- Statistics & Information
Behind Bars - Aging prison population ch
The prison population is growing at a record pace—over 7 percent
annually—but for the first time, it’s graying even faster. The Department of
Justice estimates that by the end of next year the U.S. prison population
will exceed 2 million. And like society at large, prisoners are getting
older, sicker, and more costly to care for.
“We are seeing more and more elderly prisoners, and it’s going to extend out
for the foreseeable future,” said Rebecca Craig, MPA, RN, past president of
the American Correctional Health Services Association. “We are going to see
entire prisons getting licensed as acute care settings.”
Submitted 09/12/2007.
Bureau of Justice
Statistics
Statistics about - Crime and victims, Drugs and crime, Criminal offenders,
The justice system in the United States, Law enforcement, Prosecution,
Courts and sentencing, Corrections, Justice expenditure and employment.
Submitted 09/04/2007.
FedStats
FedStats provides easy access to statistics and information produced by more
than 100 U.S. Federal Government agencies
Submitted 09/04/2007.
Inside Prison
Inside prison provides info on prison life, prison stories, prison news,
prison conditions, prison gangs, california prison gangs, and prison
profiles
Submitted 09/17/2007.
PrisonSucks - Research
on the prison system
Prisonsucks.com is a clearinghouse for useful, verifiable statistics about
the crime control industry. Too often prison activists use statistics that
are out of date, provided without citation or simply wrong. One of these
days the public will start listening to prison activists, so let's be
prepared to win without being sidetracked by arguments over defective
statistics. In some cases, the numbers we need don't exist. In others, the
facts exist but activists don't know where to find them. Now you do. Start
at prisonsucks.com.
The site was founded in February 2001 as a private tool to keep track of
prison research superior to a stack of news clippings. In December of that
year the site was picked up by the Prison Policy Initiative and considerably
expanded.
Submitted 08/21/2007.
Strength Tech -
Weight Lifting in Prison Issues
Laws and issues surrounding banning weightlifting in prisons, correctional
recreation, weightlifting photos and information.