USA #1!
 

I was shocked to read that America ranks as numero uno in the world for incarcerations...

NEW YORK - For the first time in U.S. history, more than one of every 100 adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report documenting America’s rank as the world’s No. 1 incarcerator. It urges states to curtail corrections spending by placing fewer low-risk offenders behind bars.

Using state-by-state data, the report says 2,319,258 Americans were in jail or prison at the start of 2008 — one out of every 99.1 adults. Whether per capita or in raw numbers, it’s more than any other nation.

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.

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What crazy numbers, close to 50 billion on inmates. it's a great argument for capitol punishment!

And that doesn't count all the people on house arrest or halfway house.

Yay let's put everyone we catch we a joint in jail... Let the country pay for them... Jail = BIG BUSINESS

What a great argument for Communism!

Those numbers are staggering. Too bad students don't get allocated those kinds of funds.

I wonder how many are doing time for a Oz of weed.

Go to jail and meet nice folks like this guy...

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What's an Oz :huh:

ounce....

LOL what's Weed??? ;-) (you didn't pick up the sarcasm)

The numbers are nuts, they have all this man power and need to find a way to have them make the government and society money rather then be a drain.

Big big business. I think the 2nd biggest industry in Texas is 'corrections'