Thursday, January 08, 2015

We spend too much time and money sending people to jial.

micdotcom:
One map captures the sad state of America’s prison-industrial complex
There are more jails and prisons in the U.S. than there are colleges.
America’s prison system, truly the “school of hard knocks,” incarcerates its citizens at a much higher rate than any other country in the world. There are 707 adults imprisoned per every 100,000 Americans, according to the Washington Post, a level stratospherically higher than any other developed nation.
This jarring map shows which states have more college students and which have more prisoners. And the regional divide is obvious.
Politicalprof: blue states apparently prefer colleges. Red ones like prisons.

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