Record #:

1240

Author(s):

Clarke, Steven H.; Coleman, Emily

Abstract:

The total population of the county jails in North Carolina has quadrupled in the last seventeen years due to the growth of the state's population, increased criminal arrests, and increased pretrial length of stay.

Source:

Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 59 Issue 1, Summer 1993, p10-15, il, f

Subject(s):

Jails--Overcrowding