Jul 7, 2015 ... “Though only 5 percent of the world's population lives in the United States, it is ...  More than half the 222 countries and territories in the World Prison ... Several  experts suggested we instead compare U.S. incarceration rates to ...
Oct 27, 2016 ... "We live in the most incarcerated country in the world," John famously said at his  2015 Academy Award acceptance speech with fellow ...
Apr 30, 2015 ... The numbers today are much higher than they were 30, 40 years ... “Though only  five percent of the world's population lives in the ... share of prisoners in the  United States compared to other countries. ... The most recent report does not  include figures for Eritrea, Guinea Bissau, Somalia and North Korea.
Apr 29, 2014 ... Mass incarceration is a massive system of racial and social control. ... and felons,  locked up for longer periods of time than most other countries in the world who ....  I think most Americans have no idea of the scale and scope of mass .... We live in  a democracy, of the people by the people, one man, one vote, ...
Feb 23, 2015 ... One line stood out: "We live in the most incarcerated country in the world. There  are more black men under correctional control today than there ...
We live in the most incarcerated country in the world.