One in 28 US kids has a parent in prison

[PLC1]

The average elementary school classroom has at least one student whose parent is in prison.

And our prison population has quadrupled in the past thirty years to give the US the highest rate of incarceration in the world.

This is just astounding, and unacceptable.

The study (PDF) from the Pew Research Center's Economic Mobility Project, released Tuesday, reports that the US prison population has more than quadrupled since 1980, from 500,000 to 2.3 million, making the US's incarceration rate the highest in the world, beating former champions like Russia and South Africa.

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[Gipper]

The average elementary school classroom has at least one student whose parent is in prison.

And our prison population has quadrupled in the past thirty years to give the US the highest rate of incarceration in the world.

This is just astounding, and unacceptable.



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Well I am certain you have a well thought out solution to this problem.

Please share with us...

 

[pocketfullofshells]

and how many for weed....something most of our last few presidents and large amount of the candidates for office, can't denied they have smoked at least once. Also why is it not more full or rich people who commit white collar crimes that hurt and effect so many more people?