Thursday, February 28, 2008

Seriously?!

"For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report."
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not surprising. We imprison more of our own citizens than any other nation in the world. We passed Russia around 2003. I recall hearing a lecture on the topic by a sociologist citing that we imprison 25% of all the prisoners in the developed world, the highest percentage of any one nation.

Thu Feb 28, 07:18:00 PM EST
ppatin said...

And yet prison sentences for real criminals are still often half-assed.

Fri Feb 29, 09:14:00 AM EST
ppatin said...

This is not good:

"A witness told state police investigating the stabbing death of a corrections officer at a Jessup prison that corrupt guards involved in contraband smuggling "ordered the hit" on Officer David McGuinn, according to papers filed in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court."

Fri Feb 29, 09:17:00 AM EST
2 Dollar Productions said...

I saw this story too, and it is more than a little frightening.

Fri Feb 29, 10:28:00 AM EST

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