Last Friday, The New York Times publicized some frightening information: 1 out of every 100 American adults is currently incarcerated.
The report, conducted by the Pew Center on the States, asserts that 1.6 million adults are in federal prisons and an additional 700,000 are thumb-twiddling in local jails. The United States boasts the largest population of imprisoned people worldwide; China is second on the list.
When did going to prison become as common as a trip to Acapulco?
But the more I thought about it, the easier it was to put these figures into context.
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