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U.S. Now Has World's Highest Incarceration Rate

The U.S. now has the highest recorded rate of imprisonment of any nation in the world, according to a new report by The Sentencing Project. With over one million inmates in prison and jail, the U.S. surpasses both South Africa and the Soviet Union.

The study also found that black ...

 

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