{"id":562,"date":"2008-03-04T10:47:01","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T15:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/04\/the-south-behind-bars\/"},"modified":"2008-03-04T10:47:01","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T15:47:01","slug":"the-south-behind-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/04\/the-south-behind-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"The South behind bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s do the numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Total number of adults incarcerated in America: 2.3 million<\/p>\n

Total number of adults incarcerated in China: 1.5 million<\/p>\n

Rank of U.S. incarceration rate among all nations: 1<\/p>\n

Rank of South’s incarceration rate among all U.S. regions: 1<\/p>\n

Percent increase in South’s incarceration rate in 2007 alone: 2.8<\/p>\n

Rank of Texas’ incarceration rate among all U.S. states.: 1<\/p>\n

Year in which Florida is expected to run out of prison space: 2009<\/p>\n

Percent of American adults in prison or jail: 1<\/p>\n

Percent of all men age 18 or older: 2<\/p>\n

Percent of white men age 18 or older: 0.9<\/p>\n

Percent of Hispanic men age 18 or older: 3<\/p>\n

Percent of black men age 18 or older: 7<\/p>\n

Percent of black men age 20 to 34: 11<\/p>\n

Percent of white women age 35 to 39: 0.3<\/p>\n

Percent of Hispanic women age 35 to 39: 0.4<\/p>\n

Percent of black women age 35 to 39: 1<\/p>\n

Amount states spent on corrections in 2007 alone: $49 billion<\/p>\n

Percent which that amount has increased over the past 20 years, adjusted to 2007 dollars: 127<\/p>\n

Percent increase in adjusted spending on higher education over that same period: 21<\/p>\n

Minimum amount Texas is expected to save over the next two years from prison reforms that expand drug treatment and change parole practices: $210 million<\/p>\n

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\nStatistics taken from “One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008” by The Pew Center on the States, available online here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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