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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: jlallen who wrote (83050)8/4/2007 11:42:15 AM
From: Orcastraiter  Read Replies (2) of 93284
 
US notches world's highest incarceration rate
A report highlights extent to which many citizens have served time in prison.

By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

WASHINGTON – More than 5.6 million Americans are in prison or have served time there, according to a new report by the Justice Department released Sunday. That's 1 in 37 adults living in the United States, the highest incarceration level in the world.
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