A Line chart showing US prison population
Three strikes laws enacted in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Nevada, North Dakota
Three strikes laws enacted in Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Montana,
New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin
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<div id="1983"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrections_Corporation_of_America" rel="nofollow">Corrections Corporation of America</a> is founded</a></div>
<div id="1984"><a href="http://www.enotes.com/major-acts-congress/sentencing-reform-act" rel="nofollow">Sentencing Reform Act</a> passed</a></div>
<div id="1993"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_strikes_law" rel="nofollow">Three strikes law</a> enacted in Washington</div>
<div id="1994"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_strikes_law" rel="nofollow">Three strikes laws</a> enacted in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Nevada, North Dakota</div>
<div id="1995"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_strikes_law" rel="nofollow">Three strikes laws</a> enacted in Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Montana,<br/> New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,<br/> Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin</div>
<div id="1996"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_strikes_law" rel="nofollow">Three strikes laws</a> enacted in Florida, Tennessee, Virginia</div>
<div id="2000"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_36_%282000%29" rel="nofollow">Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act</a> passed in California</div>
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