From: EvMick@aol.com
Date: Fri Jul 03 1998 - 01:28:26 MDT
In a message dated 7/2/98 11:06:37 PM Central Daylight Time,
damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au writes:
> What proportion of US citizens is in jail this year? For what conflicts
> with which mores? How does this compare with, say, Holland, Sweden,
> Australia, NZ?
>
Last I heard...A LOT...seems I recall it was in the millions. The largest
prison population in the "free" world, they say....both absolutely and as a
percentage.
Drug offenses seem to be the main reason for incarceration...unless youre a
white house staffer that is.
EvMick
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