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LOCKEDUP INCARCERATION TRENDS IN AMERICA The U.S. has a larger portion of its populationlocked up than any other nation on Earth USA >700 500-700 300-500 200-300 150-200 Prison Population (per 100,000 people) 100-150 50-100 <50 International Rates of Incarceration , 2012/2013 716 800 492 475 Imprisonment Rate per 100,000 people 274 147 130 121 118 98 98 79 73 67 30 100 25% 5% The United States of America is home to just 5% of the World's, but holds 25% of the world's prisoners. Combining the number of people in prison and jail with those under parole or probation supervision, 1 in every 31 adults, ( 3.2% of the US population) is under one form of correctional control or another. Current Inmate Offenses in federal prisons ... 50.1% as of Saturday, 25 January 2014 98554 100000 10.6% 5.4% 20862 3.8% 10687 6.1% 3.9% 0.2% 2.8% 7504 0.8% 5.4% 11946 7580 468 5576 1552 10687 0.0% 0.4% 0.3% 73 758 10000 611 Banking and Insurance, Counterfeit, Embezzlement Banking and Insurance, Counterfeit, Embezzlement Homicide, Aggravated Burglay, Larceny, Banking and Insurance, Counterfeit, Embezzlement Assault, and Kidnapping Property Offenses Continuing Criminal Enterprise Robbery Courts or Corrections National Security Drug Offenses Miscellaneous Extortion, Fraud, Bribery Immigration TRENDS IN U.S. CORRECTIONS U.S. State and Federal Population, 1925-2012 1,800,000 2012: 1,570,40 200,000 Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Prisoners Series. More than 1% of American adults are now behind bars ONE out of EVERY 100 AMERICAN ADULTS surpassing any other nation on earth. The total number of incarcerated This is QUADRUPLE the number of Americans in both state and federal prisons has inmates since1980, which was reached 2.4 million. roughly 500,000. The average inmate in maximum-security federal prison COsts $33,000 each year. The average inmate in minimum security federal prison Costs $21,000 each year. Federal prison costs are expected to rise to 30% of the Department of Justice's budget by the 30% year 2020... Is it all really worth it? Prison has not been proven as a rehabilitation for behavior, as two-thirds of prisoners will reoffend About $70 billion dollars are spent on corrections yearly... Prisons and jails consume a growing portion of the nearly $200 billion we spend annually on public safety Longer sentences for Crug offenders is the main culprit for this prison overcrowding. Find who you need to find at slammersearch.com Sources: http://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/ http://www.naacp.org/pages/criminal-justice-fact-sheet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States http://www.businessinsider.com/11-facts-about-prisons-2011-7?op=1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/13/wonkbook-11-facts-about-americas-prison-population/ http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_Trends_in_Corrections_Fact_sheet.pdf SlamerSearch 1928 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 - Austria 0861 +861 France 1988 - - c661 Germany 1996 - 0007 2004 8007 2012