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Federal Prison Expansion: Overcrowding Reduced but Inmate Population Growth May Raise Issue Again

GGD-94-48 Published: Dec 14, 1993. Publicly Released: Jan 04, 1994.
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Pursuant to congressional requests, GAO reviewed: (1) the Federal Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) progress in reducing overcrowding and increasing capacity at its facilities; (2) BOP progress in meeting its expansion plans; and (3) the impact of sentencing policies on prison expansion.

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