Thursday, February 28, 2008

One Out Of Every 100

We're Number One! We're Number One!

Yea for us! As it points out here, the United States is the number one incarcerator on the planet, with one out of every 100 (actually one out of every 99.1) American adults in jail or prison. In California alone we spent $8.8 billion on corrections last year. How many of these are pot offenders or three-strikes offenders who stole a slice of pizza?

I'm sure all you big "law and order" Republicans are so proud of yourselves.

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