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We're Biggest! But Are We Overcompensating?

By Gritsforbreakfast

Biggest heads and biggest hearts, biggest various body parts,Let's sing another stupid Texas song!- The Austin Lounge Lizards "Stupid Texas Song"Doc Berman brings word that Texas now officially has the largest state prison population in the country, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts, after California's inmate total declined last year. That's pretty impressive when you consider that Texas has just over 23 million residents, while more than 36 million people live in California. But we imprison more people than they do!Nationwide, one in 99 adults are incarcerated, reports Pew (see their report), with Texas leading the way. Even more astonishing, one in nine black men age 20-34 are incarcerated nationwide, according to a chart on page 6.Interestingly, despite our state topping the incarceration charts, Pew cited legislative initiatives by Sen...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 28, 2008 (boomark / email).