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from BBC:
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The US prison population has risen eight-fold since 1970, with little impact on crime but at great cost to the taxpayer, researchers say. 
There are more than 1.5 million people in US state and federal jails, a report by a Washington-based criminal justice research group, the JFA Institute says.
Inmate numbers are projected to rise by 192,000 in five years, costing $27.5bn (£13.44bn) to build and run jails.
The JFA recommends reducing the number and length of sentences.
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