U.S. Incarceration Rate Breaks 1,000
Oh, happy day! (If you’re a prison stock investor.) Digg links to a New York Times story reporting that more than 1 out of 100 Americans are in jail. So forget the 750 per 100,000 I mentioned before, it’s up to over 1,000!
See also the SVTC campaign against toxic prison sweatshops.
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