From the College of Journalism, Capital News Service on, Thursday,
December 16, 1999.

^CNS-Jail Chart,150<
   ^Eds: Accompanies CNS-Jailhouse Shock. Fifth in the "Maryland's
Century" series. 
   For use at your convenience.< ^Boom in Maryland Prison Population Has
Hit Hardest in Recent Years<
   ^By CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE=
  
    WASHINGTON - Maryland's overall population has grown over the century
but  the state's prison population has grown even faster, so that now it
is at its  highest rate ever. The state prison system was just about at
capacity with  22,817 inmates in December.
     STATE    PAX.*    PRISON    STATE        PCT. YEAR    PRISONS   
INST.    TOTAL         POP.        POP.
1900     1,215    -0-     1,215    1,188,044    0.10 1910     1,600    -0-    
1,600    1,295,346    0.12 1920     1,196    -0-     1,196    1,449,661   
0.08 1930     2,366    -0-     2,366    1,631,526    0.15 1939     2,901   
-0-     2,901    1,821,244    0.16 1950     4,015    -0-     4,015   
2,343,001    0.17 1960     5,196    286     5,482    3,100,689    0.18
1970     5,296    493     5,789    3,923,897    0.15 1980     8,073    418    
8,491    4,216,933    0.20 1990    16,592    540    17,132    4,781,468   
0.36 1999    22,817    316    23,133    5,134,808**    0.45
* Patuxent Institution. ** 1998 estimate.
SOURCE: Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
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