51.   He was housed among the open prison population where cell doors are not always locked during the day unless the inmate requests it.

52.   If sentenced as mentally ill, he would go to a treatment facility for analysis before he enters the general prison population.

53.   If the prison population continues to stabilize or diminish, it could have a substantial economic benefit to states and localities.

54.   Immigration laws have to change, he said, otherwise the prison population will swell.

55.   In defending its policy, Alabama points to a much lower rate of HIV transmission in its prison population than in states that do not segregate infected inmates.

56.   In fact, some of the growth in the prison population was made possible by private investors who provided the capital to build more prisons.

57.   In New York state, just over half the prison population is black.

58.   In Pennsylvania, an increase in the number of halfway houses where offenders can be paroled is decreasing the prison population.

59.   In Georgia, the prison population has doubled in the past decade.

60.   In Texas, which has the largest prison population of any state, the escape has brought growing criticism.