In 1999, Minnesota Jails were not over capacity (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1999). I believe there are three reasons for this. One, Minnesota only had a population of 4,775,508 in 1999 (Roach, 1999), this helps because when there are less people living in a state, there are less people to put in prison, hence the not over crowded prison system in Minnesota in 1999. Two, there are few “big cities” in Minnesota, so therefore there would be less of a chance for the more common crimes, such as pick pocketing, shoplifting, ect. also having less to attract people to your state, you won’t get as many drifters and what not committing crimes in your state. Three would have to be Minnesota’s strong police presence. When there are more cops visible and around, in a state with a small population, than people are less likely to be doing criminal acts, in that state.
References
Bureau of Justice Statistics. (1999). Census of Jails NCJ 186633 [Chart]. Washington, D.C. Retrieved from http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t1998.pdf
Roach, K. (1999, December 29). Minnesota's population growth continues to outpace its neighbors, [Press Release]. Retrieved from http://www.demography.state.mn.us/resource.html?Id=1706
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