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To: stockman_scott who wrote (158796)	3/4/2005 5:32:30 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<...The USA is "No. 1" in nothing but weaponry, consumer spending, debt, and delusion...> The number of people in jail in the United States rose to more than two million for the first time ever last year, the government has said...... The US currently incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. In China, which has a population of about 1.3 billion, there are more than 1.4 million inmates, according to Britain's Home Office. The US has a population of 286 million. Russia, which has a population of 144 million, has a prison population of about 920,000. Monday, 7 April, 2003 news.bbc.co.uk