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The Worlds Worst Prison State

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Guess who?

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the United States of America is The Worlds Worst Prison State:

"In 2004, nearly 7 million people were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole at yearend 2004 — 3.2% of all U.S. adult residents or 1 in every 31 adults." – U.S. Department of Justice
Source: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/correct.htm

NOTE: It's far worse now in 2007.


Compared to the rest of the world: Source: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/correct.htm and World Prison Population List (sixth edition), International Centre for Prison Studies: http://www.kcl.ac.uk

The numbers are just as bad when considered as a Percent of Population – see below

Read more here:
http://www.libertyforlife.com/jail-police/prison_populaton.htm

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Posted by Haitham Sabbah on Friday, June 13, 2008, at 10:23 pm. Filed under Bleeding Edge, Noteworthy, USA. Tagged , , . Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. Comments are closed, but you can trackback from your blog.

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  1. Blog reader | June 27, 2008 at 11:02 am | Permalink

    Their criminal law must be changed, I am more interested into the causes of crime though. Thanks for posting this.

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  1. Haitham Sabbah | June 13, 2008 at 10:56 pm | Permalink

    The Worlds Worst Prison State: Guess who?

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