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It didn't say in jail, it said 7.3 millions incarcerated or on probation or parole, which is fairly significantly different. Most recent statistic I could find

by jat850 16y ago

It didn't say in jail, it said 7.3 millions incarcerated or on probation or parole, which is fairly significantly different. Most recent statistic I could find (on Wikipedia, I did not drill down to their source) was about 0.75% actually incarcerated. (2.4 million people)

borism 16y ago
It didn't say in jail yeah, but being on probation or parole means you're almost in jail, doesn't it?
- anamax 16y ago
  > yeah, but being on probation or parole means you're almost in jail, doesn't it No. Note that you can end up on probation without ever being in jail.