• IMPACT OF MILITARY SERVICE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT

    In 2011–12, an estimated 181,500 veterans (8% of all inmates in state and federal prison and local jails) were incarcerated. This represented a decline from the 206,500 incarcerated veterans (9% of the total incarcerated population) in 2004. While the number of veterans in prison and jail increased along with growth in the overall number of […]