Add to ORKGAmerica leads the world in custody. The country’s 5,000 jails and prisons hold a staggering 2.24 million prisoners. Though home to just 1 in 20 of the global population, the USA incarcerates a quarter of the world’s prisoners. America’s proportional imprisonment rate of is 6–10 times greater than that of most developed, industrialised nations. In a typical year, some 13.5 million US citizens (out of a total population of 300 million) spend time in either jail or prison.This discussion outlines multiple areas of concern about the sheer scale and functioning of the US prison system, framed through the prism of UK comparisons
Wait, does the United States have 1.4 million or more than 2 million people in prison? Are most peop...
The American criminal justice has long exerted a substantive impact on UK crime control policy. Issu...
The United States has by far the highest incarceration rate in the world. This has not always been s...
America leads the world in custody. The country’s 5,000 jails and prisons hold a staggering 2.24 mil...
The United States correctional population is viewed as a pressing societal problem with widespread e...
The United States currently incarcerates its residents at a rate that is greater than every other co...
The United States has experienced a precipitous rise in its state and federal prison population over...
On any given day, about 2.2 million people are confined in U.S. jails and prisons—nearly 0.9% of Ame...
Throughout history the penal system has been viewed as the paramount means of dealing with criminals...
Prior to the 1970’s, the total number of incarcerated Americans had scarcely ever risen above two-hu...
A plethora of evidence confirms that America continues to lead the world in imprisonment. No serious...
As of 2007, more than 9.25 million people were imprisoned worldwide. Almost half of the persons impr...
Beginning in the 1970s, the United States experienced an exponential growth in its prison population...
The United States, now with more than 625,000 inmates in prison, has long been recognized as a count...
I spent six weeks in July/August 2001 teaching summer school at Northern Kentucky University, and le...
Wait, does the United States have 1.4 million or more than 2 million people in prison? Are most peop...
The American criminal justice has long exerted a substantive impact on UK crime control policy. Issu...
The United States has by far the highest incarceration rate in the world. This has not always been s...
America leads the world in custody. The country’s 5,000 jails and prisons hold a staggering 2.24 mil...
The United States correctional population is viewed as a pressing societal problem with widespread e...
The United States currently incarcerates its residents at a rate that is greater than every other co...
The United States has experienced a precipitous rise in its state and federal prison population over...
On any given day, about 2.2 million people are confined in U.S. jails and prisons—nearly 0.9% of Ame...
Throughout history the penal system has been viewed as the paramount means of dealing with criminals...
Prior to the 1970’s, the total number of incarcerated Americans had scarcely ever risen above two-hu...
A plethora of evidence confirms that America continues to lead the world in imprisonment. No serious...
As of 2007, more than 9.25 million people were imprisoned worldwide. Almost half of the persons impr...
Beginning in the 1970s, the United States experienced an exponential growth in its prison population...
The United States, now with more than 625,000 inmates in prison, has long been recognized as a count...
I spent six weeks in July/August 2001 teaching summer school at Northern Kentucky University, and le...
Wait, does the United States have 1.4 million or more than 2 million people in prison? Are most peop...
The American criminal justice has long exerted a substantive impact on UK crime control policy. Issu...
The United States has by far the highest incarceration rate in the world. This has not always been s...