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Politics : Ask Michael Burke
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To: Yogizuna who wrote (91746)8/21/2001 2:38:04 AM
From: shadowman  Read Replies (1) of 132070
 
Yogi,

To paraphrase a popular sports chant. "we're no longer number 1!!!"

Russia has now surpassed the United States to become the world leader in its rate of incarceration, with 558 citizens per 100,000 population in its prison system. The rise of organized crime, political instability, and the transition to an uncertain economic future have all played a factor in crime rates and the use of imprisonment.

With 1.3 million Americans behind bars, the U.S. rate of incarceration is 519 per 100,000, second in the world among the 52 nations covered in this survey. (2) The U.S. rate has increased by 22 percent since 1989, and is generally 5-8 times the rate of most industrialized nations

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