1 in every 138 Americans is behind bars..................

[dogday]

WASHINGTON: The US prison population, already the largest in the world, reached a new high of more than 2.1 million last year, with one in every 138 residents of the country now behind bars, according to new government statistics.


The data, made public by the Bureau of Justice Statistics on Sunday, put the US far ahead of countries like China and Russia, whose combined population is about five times that of America.

"The numbers are pretty consistent with what they have been in the last few years," Justice Department statistician Paige Harrison, a co-author of the report, said. "We are seeing continued growth in prisons and jails, but at a lower rate than we had about 10 years ago."


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1088308.cms


No wonder Prison Industries stock is going up. They are massing huge amounts of cheap labor.

[demnan]

1. My brother will probably go to jail in July

for being a deadbeat father. He didn't pay child support to either of his wives, hasn't held a job for years and lives off my 83 year old mother. Maybe it's the only way you can get some people to contribute to society.

[Double T]

2. More And More Laws Will Eventually Land Everyone In Prison...........

........When Will Congress Take Up " Cold Feet Bride " Legislation

[demnan]

3. If they didn't throw them in for smoking a little weed

half those people wouldn't be there.