Based on Bureau of Justice Statistic count of 2,424,279 prisoners in state prisons, federal prison and local jails, military facilities, ICE facilities, jails in Indian Country, and juvenile facilities on December 31, 2008. Assumes that the increase of 5,038 people over the prior year has remained constant. See Bureau of Justice Statistics Prisoners in 2008.
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