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crazynutjob:

Population growth in the US, prison.

In 1980, there were 319,598 people in prison, representing 0.14% of the US population. In 2008, there were 1,518,559 people in prison, representing 0.5% of the US population. This doesn’t include jail, probation, or parole data.

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   note from RP this is so fucked. Most...them are non-violent.

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   Great work here folks -...has 5% of world total population but 25%

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