Way to go America!
For the first time in
history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or
prison, according to a new report tracking the surge in inmate
population and urging states to rein in corrections costs with
alternative sentencing programs. 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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