State Prisons in the United States
State Prisons Growth
The number of prisoners in state lockups across the United States has grown by 705 percent in the past four decades. In 2009, the United States saw that figure’s first downward dip since 1972-but not by much. In 2009 the inmate count declined by 3 percent, to about 1.4 million, due in part to state budget deficits and policy reforms. (That change was more than offset by a rise in federal prisoners.) Even after California reduced its tally by 4,257 inmates in 2009, the state still has the nation’s second-largest prison population (behind Texas) at 169,000. In the fall of year 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court hear a case that determined whether California must abide by a federal court order to ease prison overcrowding by 46,000 inmates over two years.
State Prisons and the State Laws
Select from the list of U.S. States below for state-specific information on State Prisons:
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Alabama Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Alaska Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Arizona Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Arkansas Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the California Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Colorado Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Connecticut Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Delaware Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Florida Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Georgia Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Hawaii Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Idaho Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Illinois Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Indiana Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Iowa Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Kansas Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Kentucky Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Louisiana Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Maine Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Maryland Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Massachusetts Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Michigan Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Minnesota Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Mississippi Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Missouri Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Montana Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Nebraska Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Nevada Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the New Hampshire Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the New Jersey Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the New Mexico Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the New York Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the North Carolina Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the North Dakota Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Ohio Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Oklahoma Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Oregon Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Pennsylvania Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Rhode Island Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the South Carolina Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the South Dakota Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Tennessee Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Texas Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Utah Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Vermont Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Virginia Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Washington Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the West Virginia Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Wisconsin Portal
- State Prisons in the Subject Index of the Wyoming Portal
State Prisons in State Statute Topics
Introduction to State Prisons (State statute topic)
Resources
See Also
- Immate
- Prison
- State Employees
- State Officers
- State Department
- State Contracts
- State Banks
- State Auditor
- State Agencies
- State Law Library
- Recall Of Elected State Officers
- National Conference Of Commissioners On Uniform State Laws
Further Reading
- Information about State Prisons in the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law.
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