http://www.corrections.com/news/article.aspx?articleid=14734
Sarah Etter
"The Bureau of Justice Statistics released two studies last week that showed an increase in incarceration, but a decrease in death sentences and death row inmates. The numbers reflect incarceration rates in 2005, but they provide an idea of where corrections might be heading. The BJS study Prisoners in 2005 found that three percent of adults in the U.S. population were under supervision in some way, whether it was incarceration, probation or parole. The total number of offenders under supervision reached an all time high of seven million, with 14 states reportedly incarcerating five percent more people."
