"Land of the Free"

Record-high ratio of Americans in prison
By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer
28 Feb 2008
NEW YORK - For the first time in U.S. history, more than one of every 100 adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report documenting America's rank as the world's No. 1 incarcerator. It urges states to curtail corrections spending by placing fewer low-risk offenders behind bars.
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The report said the United States incarcerates more people than any other nation, far ahead of more populous China with 1.5 million people behind bars. It said the U.S. also is the leader in inmates per capita (750 per 100,000 people), ahead of Russia (628 per 100,000) and other former Soviet bloc nations which round out the Top 10.

The U.S. has more people in prison than China?

Somehow, sometime, we got off the tracks.

This is NOT a category I'm happy about U.S. leading the world!

Stop the madness!