We clearly have far too many stupid laws, and stupid criminals, and stupid politicians making the stupid laws...
Record-High Ratio of Americans in Prison Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 28, 2008; 11:5
Record-High Ratio of Americans in Prison Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 28, 2008; 11:5
More than one in 100 adults Americans is in jail or prison, an all-time high that is costing state governments nearly $50 billion a year, in addition to more than $5 billion spent by the federal government, according to a report released today.
With more than 2.3 million people behind bars at the start of 2008, the United States leads the world in both the number and the percentage of residents it incarcerates, leaving even far more populous China a distant second, noted the report by the nonpartisan Pew Center on the States.
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