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"The United States' incarceration rate is, according to official reports, the highest in the world, at 737 persons imprisoned per 100,000 (as of 2005).[7] A rep
by mixmax 16y ago
"The United States' incarceration rate is, according to official reports, the highest in the world, at 737 persons imprisoned per 100,000 (as of 2005).[7] A report released in 2008 indicates that in the United States more than 1 in 100 adults is now confined in an American jail or prison.[8] The United States has 4% of the world's population and 25% of the world's incarcerated population.[9]"
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration
- snippyhollow 16y agoJust to be exact, wikipedia is not the "source". Click on the [7] and you'll get the source: Paige M. Harrison and Allen J. Beck, Ph.D. (November 2006). "Prisoners in 2005" (PDF). U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics. pp. 13.
- mixmax 16y agoYou're, of course, as correct as I'm lazy...