Wednesday, January 20, 2016

More 'baddies' in US than anywhere else in the world

The United States is home to five per cent of the world's population yet it houses 25 per cent of the world's prisoners.

It spends $80 billion every year on the prison service.

2 comments:

Thomas G McCarthy said...

Interesting statistics and comparison, Michael. But I am not sure your piece justifies the headline. After all, something like one in five prisoners in the USA has not (yet?) in fact been sentenced!

Anonymous said...

Maybe that's why they also need the most guns!

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