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The Land of the Free: Prison Industrial System

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INMATES IN STATE AND FEDERAL PRISONS, 2000: 1,324,425 INMATES IN LOCAL JAILS, 2000: 621,149 Around the world Nations with highest incarceration rates per 100,000 residents (includes all individuals held in prisons and local jails)1. USA 702 2. Russia 635 3. Cayman Islands 600 4. Belarus 577 5. Kazakhstan 494 6. Bahamas 478 7. US Virgin Islands 476 8. Kyrgyzstan 462 9. Belize 459 10. Bermuda 447 Source: International Center for Prison Studies The Real Price of Prisons There are more people behind bars in the United States today than ever before. Since 1980, the inmate population has more than quadrupled to two million -- an unprecedented explosion that is incurring unprecedented costs to all Americans. www.motherjones.com/news/...index.html
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