News release: “The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported today in Prisoners in 2010 that the number of offenders under adult correctional supervision in the U.S. declined 1.3 percent in 2010, the second consecutive year of decline since BJS began reporting on this population in 1980. At yearend 2010, about 7.1 million people, or 1 in 33 adults, were under the supervision of adult correctional authorities in the U.S. In addition, the total U.S. prison population fell to 1.6 million at yearend 2010, a decline of 0.6 percent during the year, the first decline in the total prison population in nearly four decades. This decline was due to a decrease of 10,881 in the number of state prisoners, which fell to just under 1.4 million persons and was the largest yearly decrease since 1977. The federal prison population grew by 0.8 percent (1,653 prisoners) to reach 209,771, the smallest percentage increase since 1980. Most offenders under correctional supervision (about 7 in 10 persons or nearly 4.9 million people) were supervised in the community on probation or parole at yearend 2010. About 3 in 10 (or nearly 2.3 million people) were incarcerated in state or federal prisons or local jails. The decline in the total correctional population during 2010 was mainly due to a decrease in the number of probationers during the year (down 69,500 persons) and a decrease in the number of inmates incarcerated in local jails (down 18,700 persons).”
Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery Since 2002
Daily Archives: December 14, 2011
Federal Reserve – Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17, December 15, 2011 “Industrial production decreased 0.2 percent in November after having advanced 0.7 percent in October. Factory output moved down 0.4 percent in November; excluding a drop of 3.4 percent in the output of motor vehicles and parts, manufacturing production declined 0.2 percent. Mining production edged up… Continue Reading
Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in the Great Recession, 2007-2010
Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in the Great Recession, 2007-2010. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured “This issue brief examines changes in health insurance coverage over the last decade, with a focus on how changes in the economy, particularly during the “Great Recession” of 2007 to 2009, have affected coverage and the number of… Continue Reading
CDC – The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey
The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): “On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States, based on a survey conducted in 2010. Over the course of a year, that equals more than 12 million women and men. Those numbers… Continue Reading
EFF Position on Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
How SOPA Affects Students, Educators, and Libraries: “…Libraries represent another educational group that could face fallout from SOPA. The Library Copyright Alliance, a group whose members include the American Library Association and two other major library organizations, has also written a letter to the House of Representatives raising major issues with the bill. Alarmingly, the… Continue Reading
Macondo Well-Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Lessons for Offshore Drilling Safety
Follow up to previous postings on the Deepwater Horizon Spill, via National Academies Press – Macondo Well-Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Lessons for Offshore Drilling Safety “This report examines the causes of the blowout of the Macondo well that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010 and provides a series of recommendations, for both… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Foster Children, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Small Business Lending Fund
Foster Children: HHS Guidance Could Help States Improve Oversight of Psychotropic Prescriptions, GAO-12-201, Dec 14, 2011 Nuclear Nonproliferation – Action Needed to Address NNSA’s Program Management and Coordination Challenges, GAO-12-71, Dec 14, 2011 Small Business Lending Fund – Additional Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and Accountability, GAO-12-183, Dec 14, 2011 Continue Reading
2.5 Million Young Adults Gain Health Insurance Due to the Affordable Care Act
News release: “Results released today [12/14/11] by the National Center for Health Statistics demonstrate that the extension of dependent coverage up to age 26 has increased the number of young adults with health insurance, by even more than prior analyses had suggested.[1] This policy, enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act, took effect for… Continue Reading
Record Number of Federal Criminal Health Care Fraud Prosecutions Filed in FY 2011
Jeff Lamicela: “The latest available data from the Justice Department show that federal health care fraud prosecutions reached an historic high last year. During the twelve months of fiscal year 2011, the government reported 1,235 new health care fraud prosecutions – the largest number reported since separate tracking of this offense began twenty years ago.… Continue Reading
Subsidizing Employment Opportunities for Low-Income Families
Subsidizing Employment Opportunities for Low-Income Families – A Review of State Employment Programs Created Through the TANF Emergency Fund. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) Report 2011-38. December 2011. Administration for Children and Families, Health and Human Services. Key Findings: “While states and localities often had less than one year to create or expand… Continue Reading
