In 1978, the United States had 307,000 inmates in state and federal prisons. That soared to a peak of more than 1.6 million in 2009. Since then, the number of inmates has declined for three consecutive years to 1.57 million in 2012. The number of juveniles detained has also begun to drop since peaking in 2000, although the U.S. still detains children at a rate five times that of the next highest country.
“Help Thy Neighbor and Go Straight to Prison” via The New York Times
Also noteworthy in the article "With less than 5 percent of the world’s population, the United States has almost one-quarter of the world’s prisoners.“
And…
"California devotes $179,400 to keep a juvenile in detention for a year, and spends less than $10,000 per student in its schools.”
What are we doing America?
Source: The New York Times
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