Incarceration Nation: The Rise of an Imprisoned America

INCARCERATION NATION THE RISE OF AN IMPRISONED AMERICA lin NEARLY U.S. INCARCERATION RATES ARE GROWING ASTRONOMICALLY Since 1980, the number of prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents has more than tripled, an increase brought on partially by the War on Drugs and longer sentences. 2008 753 2009 743 800 700 The United States is often touted as the Land of the Free. However, its overcrowded prisons and jails, brimming with inmates at unprecedented rates, paint a very different picture. 2000 683 600 500 1990 458 400 300 1980 220 200 100 INCARCERATION RATES* (PER 100,000 PEOPLE) U.S. ADULTS ARE BEHIND BARS. 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 COMPARED TO: ALL COUNTRIES OTHER DEVELOPING NATIONS COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATES 743 out of 100,000 Rwanda's statistics include Even so, the rates in the United States still surpass them by at least An average of The United States easily takes the lead in incarceration rates when stacked up against all the countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 168 out of 100,000 53,000 It has a figure close to 14x higher As one of the countries with the lowest record incarceration rates, Norway's maximum imposed jail inmates being held for crimes relating to the 1994 genocide. 20%. people are in prison or jail in the United States. 21 years. term is people are incarcerated in the whole world. than that of Iceland, the OECD country with the lowest lock-up rate. Russia has a notoriously stringent penitentiary system. It also permits inmates to retain the right to vote while imprisoned. *Most recent data gathered from 2006 to 2010. **Sentenced prisoners only. A further 85,000 are reportedly held in "administrative detention." Sources: Center for Economic and Policy Research | Bureau of Justice Statistics New York Times | International Center for Prison Studies, King's College London US Census Bureau | The Sentencing Project | Pew Research Center | Global Post A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE 743 United States 582 Russia U.S. Virgin Islands St. kitts & Nevis 545 Rwanda 537 Cuba Georgia Palau British Virgin islands 449 Belize 428 Bermuda 401 Anguilla 400 Kazakhstan 385 Belarus 376 Bahamas 365 French Guiana 335 South Africa jaeJsI szE ajodebuis 9z Iran Poland 207 Czech Republic 203 New Zealand 200 Mexico 185 Slovakia 164 Turkey 159 Spain 153 Hungary 150 England & Wales 139 Luxembourg 133 Australia 122 Vietnam 120 China* 117 Canada 113 Italy 109 Portugal 103 Austria agaaug 201 beI TOT 99 Ireland 97 south korea 96 belgium 96 France |94 Netherlands Germany Switzerland 78 Sweden 71 Norway 71 Denmark ueder 29 60 Finland Pakistan Iceland INCARCERATION NATION THE RISE OF AN IMPRISONED AMERICA lin NEARLY U.S. INCARCERATION RATES ARE GROWING ASTRONOMICALLY Since 1980, the number of prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents has more than tripled, an increase brought on partially by the War on Drugs and longer sentences. 2008 753 2009 743 800 700 The United States is often touted as the Land of the Free. However, its overcrowded prisons and jails, brimming with inmates at unprecedented rates, paint a very different picture. 2000 683 600 500 1990 458 400 300 1980 220 200 100 INCARCERATION RATES* (PER 100,000 PEOPLE) U.S. ADULTS ARE BEHIND BARS. 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 5 COMPARED TO: ALL COUNTRIES OTHER DEVELOPING NATIONS COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATES 743 out of 100,000 Rwanda's statistics include Even so, the rates in the United States still surpass them by at least An average of The United States easily takes the lead in incarceration rates when stacked up against all the countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 168 out of 100,000 53,000 It has a figure close to 14x higher As one of the countries with the lowest record incarceration rates, Norway's maximum imposed jail inmates being held for crimes relating to the 1994 genocide. 20%. people are in prison or jail in the United States. 21 years. term is people are incarcerated in the whole world. than that of Iceland, the OECD country with the lowest lock-up rate. Russia has a notoriously stringent penitentiary system. It also permits inmates to retain the right to vote while imprisoned. *Most recent data gathered from 2006 to 2010. **Sentenced prisoners only. A further 85,000 are reportedly held in "administrative detention." Sources: Center for Economic and Policy Research | Bureau of Justice Statistics New York Times | International Center for Prison Studies, King's College London US Census Bureau | The Sentencing Project | Pew Research Center | Global Post A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE 743 United States 582 Russia U.S. Virgin Islands St. kitts & Nevis 545 Rwanda 537 Cuba Georgia Palau British Virgin islands 449 Belize 428 Bermuda 401 Anguilla 400 Kazakhstan 385 Belarus 376 Bahamas 365 French Guiana 335 South Africa jaeJsI szE ajodebuis 9z Iran Poland 207 Czech Republic 203 New Zealand 200 Mexico 185 Slovakia 164 Turkey 159 Spain 153 Hungary 150 England & Wales 139 Luxembourg 133 Australia 122 Vietnam 120 China* 117 Canada 113 Italy 109 Portugal 103 Austria agaaug 201 beI TOT 99 Ireland 97 south korea 96 belgium 96 France |94 Netherlands Germany Switzerland 78 Sweden 71 Norway 71 Denmark ueder 29 60 Finland Pakistan Iceland INCARCERATION NATION THE RISE OF AN IMPRISONED AMERICA lin NEARLY U.S. INCARCERATION RATES ARE GROWING ASTRONOMICALLY Since 1980, the number of prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents has more than tripled, an increase brought on partially by the War on Drugs and longer sentences. 2008 753 2009 743 800 700 The United States is often touted as the Land of the Free. However, its overcrowded prisons and jails, brimming with inmates at unprecedented rates, paint a very different picture. 2000 683 600 500 1990 458 400 300 1980 220 200 100 INCARCERATION RATES* (PER 100,000 PEOPLE) U.S. ADULTS ARE BEHIND BARS. 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 5 COMPARED TO: ALL COUNTRIES OTHER DEVELOPING NATIONS COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATES 743 out of 100,000 Rwanda's statistics include Even so, the rates in the United States still surpass them by at least An average of The United States easily takes the lead in incarceration rates when stacked up against all the countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 168 out of 100,000 53,000 It has a figure close to 14x higher As one of the countries with the lowest record incarceration rates, Norway's maximum imposed jail inmates being held for crimes relating to the 1994 genocide. 20%. people are in prison or jail in the United States. 21 years. term is people are incarcerated in the whole world. than that of Iceland, the OECD country with the lowest lock-up rate. Russia has a notoriously stringent penitentiary system. It also permits inmates to retain the right to vote while imprisoned. *Most recent data gathered from 2006 to 2010. **Sentenced prisoners only. A further 85,000 are reportedly held in "administrative detention." Sources: Center for Economic and Policy Research | Bureau of Justice Statistics New York Times | International Center for Prison Studies, King's College London US Census Bureau | The Sentencing Project | Pew Research Center | Global Post A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE 743 United States 582 Russia U.S. Virgin Islands St. kitts & Nevis 545 Rwanda 537 Cuba Georgia Palau British Virgin islands 449 Belize 428 Bermuda 401 Anguilla 400 Kazakhstan 385 Belarus 376 Bahamas 365 French Guiana 335 South Africa jaeJsI szE ajodebuis 9z Iran Poland 207 Czech Republic 203 New Zealand 200 Mexico 185 Slovakia 164 Turkey 159 Spain 153 Hungary 150 England & Wales 139 Luxembourg 133 Australia 122 Vietnam 120 China* 117 Canada 113 Italy 109 Portugal 103 Austria agaaug 201 beI TOT 99 Ireland 97 south korea 96 belgium 96 France |94 Netherlands Germany Switzerland 78 Sweden 71 Norway 71 Denmark ueder 29 60 Finland Pakistan Iceland INCARCERATION NATION THE RISE OF AN IMPRISONED AMERICA lin NEARLY U.S. INCARCERATION RATES ARE GROWING ASTRONOMICALLY Since 1980, the number of prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents has more than tripled, an increase brought on partially by the War on Drugs and longer sentences. 2008 753 2009 743 800 700 The United States is often touted as the Land of the Free. However, its overcrowded prisons and jails, brimming with inmates at unprecedented rates, paint a very different picture. 2000 683 600 500 1990 458 400 300 1980 220 200 100 INCARCERATION RATES* (PER 100,000 PEOPLE) U.S. ADULTS ARE BEHIND BARS. 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 5 COMPARED TO: ALL COUNTRIES OTHER DEVELOPING NATIONS COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATES 743 out of 100,000 Rwanda's statistics include Even so, the rates in the United States still surpass them by at least An average of The United States easily takes the lead in incarceration rates when stacked up against all the countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 168 out of 100,000 53,000 It has a figure close to 14x higher As one of the countries with the lowest record incarceration rates, Norway's maximum imposed jail inmates being held for crimes relating to the 1994 genocide. 20%. people are in prison or jail in the United States. 21 years. term is people are incarcerated in the whole world. than that of Iceland, the OECD country with the lowest lock-up rate. Russia has a notoriously stringent penitentiary system. It also permits inmates to retain the right to vote while imprisoned. *Most recent data gathered from 2006 to 2010. **Sentenced prisoners only. A further 85,000 are reportedly held in "administrative detention." Sources: Center for Economic and Policy Research | Bureau of Justice Statistics New York Times | International Center for Prison Studies, King's College London US Census Bureau | The Sentencing Project | Pew Research Center | Global Post A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE 743 United States 582 Russia U.S. Virgin Islands St. kitts & Nevis 545 Rwanda 537 Cuba Georgia Palau British Virgin islands 449 Belize 428 Bermuda 401 Anguilla 400 Kazakhstan 385 Belarus 376 Bahamas 365 French Guiana 335 South Africa jaeJsI szE ajodebuis 9z Iran Poland 207 Czech Republic 203 New Zealand 200 Mexico 185 Slovakia 164 Turkey 159 Spain 153 Hungary 150 England & Wales 139 Luxembourg 133 Australia 122 Vietnam 120 China* 117 Canada 113 Italy 109 Portugal 103 Austria agaaug 201 beI TOT 99 Ireland 97 south korea 96 belgium 96 France |94 Netherlands Germany Switzerland 78 Sweden 71 Norway 71 Denmark ueder 29 60 Finland Pakistan Iceland INCARCERATION NATION THE RISE OF AN IMPRISONED AMERICA lin NEARLY U.S. INCARCERATION RATES ARE GROWING ASTRONOMICALLY Since 1980, the number of prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents has more than tripled, an increase brought on partially by the War on Drugs and longer sentences. 2008 753 2009 743 800 700 The United States is often touted as the Land of the Free. However, its overcrowded prisons and jails, brimming with inmates at unprecedented rates, paint a very different picture. 2000 683 600 500 1990 458 400 300 1980 220 200 100 INCARCERATION RATES* (PER 100,000 PEOPLE) U.S. ADULTS ARE BEHIND BARS. 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 5 COMPARED TO: ALL COUNTRIES OTHER DEVELOPING NATIONS COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATES 743 out of 100,000 Rwanda's statistics include Even so, the rates in the United States still surpass them by at least An average of The United States easily takes the lead in incarceration rates when stacked up against all the countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 168 out of 100,000 53,000 It has a figure close to 14x higher As one of the countries with the lowest record incarceration rates, Norway's maximum imposed jail inmates being held for crimes relating to the 1994 genocide. 20%. people are in prison or jail in the United States. 21 years. term is people are incarcerated in the whole world. than that of Iceland, the OECD country with the lowest lock-up rate. Russia has a notoriously stringent penitentiary system. It also permits inmates to retain the right to vote while imprisoned. *Most recent data gathered from 2006 to 2010. **Sentenced prisoners only. A further 85,000 are reportedly held in "administrative detention." Sources: Center for Economic and Policy Research | Bureau of Justice Statistics New York Times | International Center for Prison Studies, King's College London US Census Bureau | The Sentencing Project | Pew Research Center | Global Post A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE 743 United States 582 Russia U.S. Virgin Islands St. kitts & Nevis 545 Rwanda 537 Cuba Georgia Palau British Virgin islands 449 Belize 428 Bermuda 401 Anguilla 400 Kazakhstan 385 Belarus 376 Bahamas 365 French Guiana 335 South Africa jaeJsI szE ajodebuis 9z Iran Poland 207 Czech Republic 203 New Zealand 200 Mexico 185 Slovakia 164 Turkey 159 Spain 153 Hungary 150 England & Wales 139 Luxembourg 133 Australia 122 Vietnam 120 China* 117 Canada 113 Italy 109 Portugal 103 Austria agaaug 201 beI TOT 99 Ireland 97 south korea 96 belgium 96 France |94 Netherlands Germany Switzerland 78 Sweden 71 Norway 71 Denmark ueder 29 60 Finland Pakistan Iceland INCARCERATION NATION THE RISE OF AN IMPRISONED AMERICA lin NEARLY U.S. INCARCERATION RATES ARE GROWING ASTRONOMICALLY Since 1980, the number of prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents has more than tripled, an increase brought on partially by the War on Drugs and longer sentences. 2008 753 2009 743 800 700 The United States is often touted as the Land of the Free. However, its overcrowded prisons and jails, brimming with inmates at unprecedented rates, paint a very different picture. 2000 683 600 500 1990 458 400 300 1980 220 200 100 INCARCERATION RATES* (PER 100,000 PEOPLE) U.S. ADULTS ARE BEHIND BARS. 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 5 COMPARED TO: ALL COUNTRIES OTHER DEVELOPING NATIONS COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATES 743 out of 100,000 Rwanda's statistics include Even so, the rates in the United States still surpass them by at least An average of The United States easily takes the lead in incarceration rates when stacked up against all the countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 168 out of 100,000 53,000 It has a figure close to 14x higher As one of the countries with the lowest record incarceration rates, Norway's maximum imposed jail inmates being held for crimes relating to the 1994 genocide. 20%. people are in prison or jail in the United States. 21 years. term is people are incarcerated in the whole world. than that of Iceland, the OECD country with the lowest lock-up rate. Russia has a notoriously stringent penitentiary system. It also permits inmates to retain the right to vote while imprisoned. *Most recent data gathered from 2006 to 2010. **Sentenced prisoners only. A further 85,000 are reportedly held in "administrative detention." Sources: Center for Economic and Policy Research | Bureau of Justice Statistics New York Times | International Center for Prison Studies, King's College London US Census Bureau | The Sentencing Project | Pew Research Center | Global Post A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE 743 United States 582 Russia U.S. Virgin Islands St. kitts & Nevis 545 Rwanda 537 Cuba Georgia Palau British Virgin islands 449 Belize 428 Bermuda 401 Anguilla 400 Kazakhstan 385 Belarus 376 Bahamas 365 French Guiana 335 South Africa jaeJsI szE ajodebuis 9z Iran Poland 207 Czech Republic 203 New Zealand 200 Mexico 185 Slovakia 164 Turkey 159 Spain 153 Hungary 150 England & Wales 139 Luxembourg 133 Australia 122 Vietnam 120 China* 117 Canada 113 Italy 109 Portugal 103 Austria agaaug 201 beI TOT 99 Ireland 97 south korea 96 belgium 96 France |94 Netherlands Germany Switzerland 78 Sweden 71 Norway 71 Denmark ueder 29 60 Finland Pakistan Iceland INCARCERATION NATION THE RISE OF AN IMPRISONED AMERICA lin NEARLY U.S. INCARCERATION RATES ARE GROWING ASTRONOMICALLY Since 1980, the number of prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents has more than tripled, an increase brought on partially by the War on Drugs and longer sentences. 2008 753 2009 743 800 700 The United States is often touted as the Land of the Free. However, its overcrowded prisons and jails, brimming with inmates at unprecedented rates, paint a very different picture. 2000 683 600 500 1990 458 400 300 1980 220 200 100 INCARCERATION RATES* (PER 100,000 PEOPLE) U.S. ADULTS ARE BEHIND BARS. 1880 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 5 COMPARED TO: ALL COUNTRIES OTHER DEVELOPING NATIONS COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATES 743 out of 100,000 Rwanda's statistics include Even so, the rates in the United States still surpass them by at least An average of The United States easily takes the lead in incarceration rates when stacked up against all the countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 168 out of 100,000 53,000 It has a figure close to 14x higher As one of the countries with the lowest record incarceration rates, Norway's maximum imposed jail inmates being held for crimes relating to the 1994 genocide. 20%. people are in prison or jail in the United States. 21 years. term is people are incarcerated in the whole world. than that of Iceland, the OECD country with the lowest lock-up rate. Russia has a notoriously stringent penitentiary system. It also permits inmates to retain the right to vote while imprisoned. *Most recent data gathered from 2006 to 2010. **Sentenced prisoners only. A further 85,000 are reportedly held in "administrative detention." Sources: Center for Economic and Policy Research | Bureau of Justice Statistics New York Times | International Center for Prison Studies, King's College London US Census Bureau | The Sentencing Project | Pew Research Center | Global Post A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE 743 United States 582 Russia U.S. Virgin Islands St. kitts & Nevis 545 Rwanda 537 Cuba Georgia Palau British Virgin islands 449 Belize 428 Bermuda 401 Anguilla 400 Kazakhstan 385 Belarus 376 Bahamas 365 French Guiana 335 South Africa jaeJsI szE ajodebuis 9z Iran Poland 207 Czech Republic 203 New Zealand 200 Mexico 185 Slovakia 164 Turkey 159 Spain 153 Hungary 150 England & Wales 139 Luxembourg 133 Australia 122 Vietnam 120 China* 117 Canada 113 Italy 109 Portugal 103 Austria agaaug 201 beI TOT 99 Ireland 97 south korea 96 belgium 96 France |94 Netherlands Germany Switzerland 78 Sweden 71 Norway 71 Denmark ueder 29 60 Finland Pakistan Iceland