Daily Kos: Record 346 inmates die, dozens of guards fired in Florida prisons
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“The United States has a prison crisis of epic proportions. With just five percent of the world population, but 25 percent of the world’s prisoners, the United States has, far and away, the highest incarceration rate, the largest number of prisoners, and the largest percentage of citizens with a criminal record of any country in the world. The highly respected Prison Policy Initiative breaks it down:” Full Story at Daily Kos >>>