Source: Data provided by thirty-eight state correctional departments
and additional other sources for the states of Alabama and
Virginia. Population data were obtained from Population Division,
U.S. Census Bureau, "Table 2: Annual Estimates of the
Population: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003," released in
September 2004, available online at www.census.gov,
accessed on August 30, 2005. (back
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