the department of Justice just issued its 2006 year-end numbers for u.s. prison, jail, probation, and parole populations: WASHINGTON – The U.S. adult correctional population — incarcerated or in the community — reached 7.2 million men and women, an increase of 159,500 during the year, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today … Continue reading year-end 2006 prison, probation, and parole numbers