Reading Jon Taplin recently reminded me of a sobering milestone reached by our correctional facilities early last month: Slightly more than 1 in 100 US citizens are being warehoused in our nations prisons. From the article:
The United States imprisons more people than any other nation in the world. China is second, with 1.5 [...]
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Prison Populations triple in Last 20 years
Posted by Alex T in April 7th, 2008
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