The US prison population is out of control. Canton, OH is about to pass a law that should help exacerbate that problem. It is expected that next week the town will make it illegal to fail to mow your lawn. Repeated violations could lead to as much as 30 days in jail. While there are [...]
For your consideration, a brief set of statistics which provide a glance at our bloated prison system:
-The United States has a prison population of 2.3 million, far more than any other nation and nearly 25% of the world’s total inmate population.
-751 out of 100,000 Americans are behind bars, compared with 627 for Russia, 151 for [...]