The number of people incarcerated in state, federal and other detention facilities the U.S. hovers around 2 million — more before the Covid-19 pandemic and fewer once the pandemic was underway.
That number was far lower in 1977 with only 278,141 people incarcerated. Still, Sen. William Proxmire gave one of his well-known awards to the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration that year.
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