Alarming Numbers
New prison population figures released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics demonstrate the continuation of a 31-year trend of rising prison populations in the United States.
Analysis of the figures from The Sentencing Project indicate the following:- (check their website for more alarming trends):
U.S. Remains World Leader in Incarceration: At a rate of 714 per 100,000 population, the United States’ rate of incarceration continues to outpace that of all other nations. Second to the U.S. is Russia, with a declining rate of 584 per 100,000. Rates of incarceration in other nations include Mexico (169), England and Wales (141), and Japan (58). The U.S. rate is generally 5-8 times that of other industrialized nations.
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