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Trends in U.S. Corrections

May 17, 2021
The Sentencing Project's key fact sheet provides a compilation of major developments in the criminal justice system over the past several decades.
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This fact sheet, updated May 2021, provides a compilation of key developments in the criminal justice system over the past several decades.

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