Quote1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says
For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report.
Nationwide, the prison population grew by 25,000 last year, bringing it to almost 1.6 million. Another 723,000 people are in local jails. The number of American adults is about 230 million, meaning that one in every 99.1 adults is behind bars.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/28cnd-prison.html
Why am I reminded of that movie, Idiocracy? There are so many comments I could make about this, but the only thing that comes to mind is, Y'all wa-chis...
I wonder what the ratio is in Jacksonville. How many people are currently in the Duval County Jail?
I dont know the exact # at the jail but my roomate who is a Corrections Officer says they have had the inmates build extra beds to put in the already crowed cells. It think the total number is around 3,000 (not counting the prison farm the county has also).