Miami-Dade, Orange County Florida Show Largest Declines, New Report Finds
For the first time in decades, the nation's jail population declined by 2.3 percent from June 2008 to June 2009, according to a study by the Department of Justice released today.
The number of inmates in U.S. jails dropped by 17,900, the report stated. Jails differ from prisons since they are viewed as temporary holding facilities before trials or court hearings.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, this is the first real decline in jail population since it began conducting the survey in 1982.
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