Federal Prisons Are Now Nation's Largest Prison System
By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Wed Jan 29, 2003 at 09:19:35 AM EST
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Posted on Wed Jan 29, 2003 at 09:19:35 AM EST
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has surpassed California and Texas as the largest prison system in the United States, holding 164,011 prisoners as of November 7, according to recent Bureau of Prison population reports.
In 2000, BOP announced it would be building several new facilities a year in the coming years. In 2001, BOP received $883 million for new facilities. For 2002, the Bush administration "proposed spending one billion dollars for BOP construction and $31 million for INS detention construction ....The new generation of facilities cost an average of $110 million to build and can house 1,200 prisoners each."
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