I learned recently that the number of people in state and federal prisons has actually been declining for a few years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk

I learned recently that the number of people in state and federal prisons has actually been declining for a few years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/01/11/the-decline-of-mass-incarceration-is-good-for-everyone/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/01/11/the-d... http://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/u-s-prison-population-trends-1999-2015-modest-reductions-significant-variation/ http://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/u-s-prison-pop...