https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/02/17/under-trump-the-federal-prison-population-continued-its-recent-decline/
Save stories to read later or create you own news web site to share with anyone
Notify me when I can create my custom news board
We will not share your email addressAlready on AllSides? Log In
AllSides members can bookmark any article and read it later. Save this article by becoming a member today!
Join AllSides to read, share and understand all perspectives of today's news and issues.
Learn more »AllSides members can instantly post news stories to their own personal page, making it easy to share and discuss information they care about. Become your own publisher by becoming a member today! Learn about My Front Page.
Join AllSides to read, share and understand all perspectives of today's news and issues.
Learn more »
The federal prison population, which declined for the first time in decades under President Barack Obama, fell further during the administration of President Donald Trump.
The number of federal prisoners sentenced to more than a year behind bars decreased by 5% (or 7,607 inmates) between 2017, Trump’s first year in office, and the end of 2019, the most recent year for which final data is available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Preliminary figures for 2020 show that the decline continued – and even accelerated – during Trump’s last full...
