High U.S. Incarceration Rates
The Justice Department reports that one in every 37 U.S. adults has been in prison, giving our nation the highest incarceration rate in the world. What do you think?
Joe Wengert,
Waiter
"Look on the bright side—36 of us are free. USA! USA! USA!"
Risa Woods-Tanouye,
Receptionist
"I guess you can only talk about getting tough on crime for so long before you have to back it up with meaningless arrests."
Sarah Burns,
Title Examiner
"Whoa. I'd better start cutting back on my citizen's arrests."
Anthony King,
Sound Engineer
"We should privatize prisons! Not because it would help the rate of incarceration. I've just always wanted to own a prison."
Bret
Christensen,
Systems Analyst
"And did you know that half of the people currently serving time were prosecuted under the Anti-Skitching Act passed in 1978 to curb wintertime pranks?"
Lennon Parham,
Underwriter
"But that can't be. I easily know 37 people and... Oh, wait. I forgot my stint for vehicular homicide in the '80s. Never mind."
