The United States incarcerates more of it's population than any country in the world. It is not only the country with the highest incarceration rate worldwide, but it is also home to the largest number of incarcerated persons. Roughly 1.9 million people were incarcerated in the U.S. in 2021.
So why has the United States made a big business out of mass incarceration? A recently released report from Prison Policy Initiative studied how many and where the largest numbers of incarcerated persons were, but also took a deeper look at the "why" of mass incarceration, examining 8 common myths perpetuated about the staggering incarceration rate in the U.S.
Some of those myths-
Read more about the 8 myths of mass incarceration in a thorough, detailed, revealing report titled "Mass Incarceration: the Whole Pie 2022" from Prison Policy Initiative.
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