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Prison bars and a hallway. (txking via Shutterstock) ** FILE **

U.S. prison population fell 10th straight year in 2021

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

FILE - This May 18, 2004 file photo shows Inmates sitting in one of the cottages at the Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility in Circleville, Ohio. A new federal report has found the number of kids who say they've been sexually victimized while in juvenile detention centers is dropping across the U.S. compared to years past. But remarkably high rates of sexual victimization persist in 12 facilities stretching from Oregon to Florida, including Circleville, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics special report released Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. (Tim Revell/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

Fewer kids report sex abuse in US juvenile detention centers

By REBECCA BOONE - Associated Press

This May 8, 2014, file photo shows people touching the engraved name of a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York. The memorial has been visited by nearly 15 million people since it opened three years ago on the footprints of the twin towers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Justice Dept. says 68 percent of victims continue to suffer long after violent crime is committed

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

The Pentagon said 4 percent of all active-duty military women in 2010 and 6 percent in 2012 were victims of "unwanted sexual contact" in the previous 12 months. (Associated Press)

Doubts on military’s sex assault stats as numbers far exceed those for the U.S.

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Violent crime rises 18 percent nationwide

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Violent, property crimes down despite economy

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times