Thursday, February 28, 2008

Here's Something To Be Really Proud Of

Given the fact that the ReThugs & ReThugLites have ruled us for the last 28 years, this ought to come as no surprise to anyone.

For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in 100 American adults is ehind bars, according to a new report.

Nationwide, the prison population grew by 25,000 last year, bringing it to almost 1.6 million. Another 723,000 people are in local jails. The number of American adults is about 230 million, meaning that one in every 99.1 adults is behind bars.

I'm to lazy/busy right now to look it up, but I bet the cost is just beyond belief. The ReThugs can breathe a sign of relief, Scooter Libby, among others, isn't in that statistical pool.

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