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1 in 100 Americans... in Jail?

By engkatiemarie - Posted on February 29th, 2008

According to a new report by the Pew Center on the States, 1 in every 100 Americans are currently incarcerated. That's a record-breaking total of 2,319,258 in jail at the beginning of 2008.

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