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U.S. Incarceration Rates Since 1920

By Keith Preston on September 21, 2010 • ( 2 Comments )

The U.S. prison population has quintupled since 1980.

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Joe Somebody says:

September 23, 2010 at 5:32 am

Why not graph this against the total US population? Obviously incarceration rates are out of control, but please don’t be lazy and put it in some meaningful context.

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Mr. Happy says:

September 24, 2010 at 1:14 am

The steep upward trend coincides with Reagan’s ‘War on Drugs’. After the Christian Coalition hijacked American politics we’ve seen more and more people in prison. Mandatory minimums, 3 Strike laws, it’s insanity.

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