What we can effectively see and measure are changes in federal sentencing laws and federal prosecutorial practices, and these changes suggest a set of intricate stories help account for recent federal prison population changes. (sentencing.typepad.com)
Sessions's memo and Trump's rhetoric about rampant crime in America's inner cities indicate the nation may be headed for an uptick in the federal prison population in the coming years. (fortune.com)
From 1980 to 2013, the federal prison population increased by 800 percent, according to the DOJ. (buzzfeed.com)