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Record 7 million U.S. adults in prison, on parole or on probation

A record 7 million men and women, about 3 percent of the adult U.S. population, were incarcerated, on probation or parole at the end of last year, the Justice Department said. The prison population has been swelled by prosecutions for drug offenses and immigration violations. The number of Americans held in prisons or jails rose 1.9 ...

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