More than 1% of adult Americans are in prison at any given time. A new study shows that Americans incarcerate more of their citizens than any other country in the world. It is more expensive that higher education and it does not reduce crime.
"The report, released Thursday by the Pew Center on the States, said the 50 states spent more than $49 billion on corrections last year, up from less than $11 billion 20 years earlier. The rate of increase for prison costs was six times greater than for higher education spending, the report said."
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