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Millions in the Slammer: We Must Reverse America's Zeal to Incarcerate
deleted, The Women's International Perspective. December 30, 2007.
The U.S. has the most prisoners and the highest jailing rate of any country -- the insanity must stop.
Jailing Nation: How Did Our Prison System Become Such a Nightmare?
Daniel Lazare, The Nation. August 20, 2007.
With five percent of the world's population, the U.S. has close to a quarter of the world's prisoners. How did the American criminal justice system go so wrong?