We have the most people in prison than any where else on earth. We have the highest per capita rate of incarceration compared to any nation on earth, except one country, Rwanda. We jail 3.7 times more of our people per capita than Iran, 6.1 times more per capita than China, repressive regimes, or, so we understand.
We jail 12 times more people, per capita, than Japan, and, when compared to western european nations, we are about about 6 times more likely to jail our own people.
What in the world is going on in America that we are jailing so many of our own people?
2007-03-20
06:02:52
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