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"America, Land of the Imprisoned"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this notable commentary from a site called "The Libertarian Solution."  Here is how it starts: The United States has one of the most the most expansive, punitive and expensive criminal justice systems in the world.  Although Americans account for only five percent of the world?s population, imprisoned U.S. citizens account for 25 percent of the world?s incarcerated population.  The median incarceration rate worldwide is roughly one-sixth of the American incarceration rate. A full one percent of the American adult population is behind bars. Including those on parole or probation increases this figure to over three percent.  The U.S. incarcerates a far greater number of people than China, whose population is four times the size of ours...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 20, 2010 (boomark / email).