It'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 give

It'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...