State Governments Implementing Reforms to Reduce Record U.S Prison Population
Interview with Nicole Porter, state advocacy coordinator for the Sentencing Project, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, which currently stands at 2.3 million people. By comparison, the incarceration rate in China was 186 per 100,000 in 2009, while in the U.S., the rate was 743 per 100,000.
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