10/95Number of microwave ovens blown up at a New York State prison this year by inmates trying to light cigarettes: 15

Erie County Correctional Facility (Alden, N.Y.)

2/00Percentage of New Yorkers who say they have already decided which Senate candidate to vote for in November: 92

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics (N.Y.C.)

2/00Estimated profit earned by New York State last year on collect calls made by prisoners: $21,000,000

New York State Department of Correctional Services (Albany);

2/91Number of black men in New York state correctional facilities: 24,000

New York State Commission of Correction (Albany)

    Number enrolled in New York state colleges or universities: 23,000

Correctional Association of New York (N.Y.C.)

11/97Years it took a prisoner injured at the 1975 Attica prison riots to win a judgment against New York State last June: 26

Mitchell Banas (Buffalo)

    Number of other Attica prisoners’ cases pending: 1,280

Mitchell Banas (Buffalo)