The US has the highest per capita prison population in the world. edit: fact check! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate http:

The US has the highest per capita prison population in the world. edit: fact check! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcerat... US seems to be #2 after the Seychelles, population 92,000.