American Justice

State of the Re:Union by WJCT

Oct 7, 201450:56Society & Culture

The United States has the world’s largest prison population. In 2012, there were 2.3 million people in American prisons or jails – and even more under some kind of “correctional supervision.” In fact, if you added up all...

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