1 in very 100 adults is in jail

[Shaolinlueb]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/28/....ap/index.html


NEW YORK (AP) -- For the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report.

San Quentin State Prison in California holds more than 5,200 inmates.

The report, released Thursday by the Pew Center on the States, said the 50 states spent more than $49 billion on corrections last year, up from less than $11 billion 20 years earlier. The rate of increase for prison costs was six times greater than for higher education spending, the report said.

Using updated state-by-state data, the report said 2,319,258 adults were held in U.S. prisons or jails at the start of 2008 -- one out of every 99.1 adults, and more than any other country in the world.

The steadily growing inmate population "is saddling cash-strapped states with soaring costs they can ill afford and failing to have a clear impact either on recidivism or overall crime," the report said.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Wow, the most in any country of the world?

[Black Jack II]

I find that very hard to buy

[doug maverick]

I find that very hard to buy

ofcourse you do.

[lkfmdc]

More than any other country in the world? Perhaps based upon the REPORTED statistics? And it's not like there are any countries that abuse people, ignore civil rights, put people in prison for political convictions etc that wouldn't report their stats, right? I mean, I'm sure Russia, China, Cuba, all give accurate stats to poll takers of course!

[sanjuro_ronin]

Hmmm....if the population of the US is 270 Million, that would mean that more than 2.7 million people are in jail...wow...

Maybe not the most in the world, but the most of the G-7 countries? probably.
I don't think that those other countries would count political prisoners, nor do I think the US counts "POW" or "detainees".

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

That is just a sign that there are too many laws in the USA.

[kwaichang]

Yeah you are all right and why is it too many in prisons. Do like Britain did find an Island and populate it with prisoners or give them some greens and send them to Iraq. As long as this country continues to violate our civil rights there will be alot in Jail as there are now KC

[Mas Judt]

It's three things:

1.) A big business. I really doubted this impact on things until I saw people who really were completely innocent of any crime get railroaded and ground into the system. Just to make some a$$holes career as a prosecutor and to make money for the companies that warehouse people.

2.) As a culture, we are failing. When I was a kid, you behaved because a neighbor might tell your parents. Today, you tell somebodies parents - YOU are the problem. We're rapidly adopting thug culture as the norm, the family unit has been assassinated, and our educated class has performed self-genocide through birth control and infanticide.

3.) Based on the scumbags I see on the street, I'm not surprised 1 in 100 are incarcerated. As a culture, as a people, we need to stop accepting bad behavior as culturally acceptable.

It's a bigger issue, that no one wants to hear, because it interferes with their self-destructive bliss.

All said, it is still better here than in a true police state.

[sanjuro_ronin]

It's three things:

1.) A big business. I really doubted this impact on things until I saw people who really were completely innocent of any crime get railroaded and ground into the system. Just to make some a$$holes career as a prosecutor and to make money for the companies that warehouse people.

2.) As a culture, we are failing. When I was a kid, you behaved because a neighbor might tell your parents. Today, you tell somebodies parents - YOU are the problem. We're rapidly adopting thug culture as the norm, the family unit has been assassinated, and our educated class has performed self-genocide through birth control and infanticide.

3.) Based on the scumbags I see on the street, I'm not surprised 1 in 100 are incarcerated. As a culture, as a people, we need to stop accepting bad behavior as culturally acceptable.

It's a bigger issue, that no one wants to hear, because it interferes with their self-destructive bliss.

All said, it is still better here than in a true police state.

Valid points.

[Shaolin87]

Fools! Prisons are corporate businesses...just like parking garages, or fast food chains!









Lol hopefully some of you got the reference heres the link for the proof.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riki-Oh

[bodhitree]

Hmmm....if the population of the US is 270 Million, that would mean that more than 2.7 million people are in jail...wow...

Maybe not the most in the world, but the most of the G-7 countries? probably.
I don't think that those other countries would count political prisoners, nor do I think the US counts "POW" or "detainees".

it's one out of every 100 adults, the math needs some adjusting

It's three things:

1.) A big business. I really doubted this impact on things until I saw people who really were completely innocent of any crime get railroaded and ground into the system. Just to make some a$$holes career as a prosecutor and to make money for the companies that warehouse people.

2.) As a culture, we are failing. When I was a kid, you behaved because a neighbor might tell your parents. Today, you tell somebodies parents - YOU are the problem. We're rapidly adopting thug culture as the norm, the family unit has been assassinated, and our educated class has performed self-genocide through birth control and infanticide.

3.) Based on the scumbags I see on the street, I'm not surprised 1 in 100 are incarcerated. As a culture, as a people, we need to stop accepting bad behavior as culturally acceptable.

It's a bigger issue, that no one wants to hear, because it interferes with their self-destructive bliss.

All said, it is still better here than in a true police state.

Quite true. The moral fabric of our society is gone. Remember sitcoms from 20 years ago? Watch TV now, at any time of day or night and everything is a negative message. Don't get me wrong, people should have the right to express themselves, but there should be a proper time and place for everything. What can be done about these problems? We have nurtured a culture of stupidity, and I'm sure we haven't seen the worst of it! I think the 1 out of 100 is not so bad, seeing as many should-be inmates are released due to overcrowding.


Well, enough with my "back in my day" lecture....

[sanjuro_ronin]

it's one out of every 100 adults, the math needs some adjusting

Bah, details !

[bodhitree]

Bah, details !

God bless you son, you're one fine North American!

[David Jamieson]

Prisons in many cases are merely an extension of the welfare system.

Conservative thinkers should be on board with this idea because then they don't have to worry about some welfare bum spending their .037 cent contribution on a colt45.

yes, america will jail you for pretty much anything and near 1% of the overall population is of convict status.

nice, what a country. lol.

still, beats the heck out of a lot of other countries, I guess, as long as you go some money and a job, otherwise, your'e screwed.