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That figure sounds insanely high. Can anyone confirm it?
by mike-cardwell 16y ago
That figure sounds insanely high. Can anyone confirm it?
- sorbus 16y agoIt's might be low[1]: in 2007, 1 in 31 adults were in prison[2] - 3% of the population. However, that may include all the people on probation, as wikipedia gives the number in 2009 as only 1 in 136 actually being incarcerated[3], with perhaps five times that being on parole or probation (from one of the graphs, in 2008). [1] Low by American standards, at least. [2] http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=19911 http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=19911 [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_Sta...