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Federal and State Prisons: Inmate Populations, Costs, and Projection Models

GGD-97-15 Published: Nov 25, 1996. Publicly Released: Nov 25, 1996.
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GAO reviewed the trends in U.S. prison inmate populations and operating and capital costs since 1980, including projections for 2000 and beyond and the reasons for the trends and the models and methodologies used by federal and state corrections agencies and nongovernmental forecasting organizations to make these projections.

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Administrative costsComputer modelingConvictionsCorrectional facilitiesCost analysisFuture budget projectionsLaw enforcementPrisonersStatistical dataStatistical methods