1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
242 261 302 298 288 290 282 261 248 229 274 276 248 240

Notes

(1)Developed from Bureau of Prisons data contained in Erwin Thompson's The Rock, p. 415. Precise dates noted above are year ending June 30.

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