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Prison Crowding: Issues Facing the Nation's Prison Systems

GGD-90-1BR Published: Nov 02, 1989. Publicly Released: Dec 04, 1989.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed crowding and expansion at federal and other prison systems.

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Correctional facilitiesFacility managementImprisonmentFederal facilitiesGovernment facility constructionPrisonersState programsStatistical dataMilitary forcesFederal prisons