What's Wrong With This Statement?

2.2 million people are incarcerated in the U.S. More than 1 in 100 American adults were incarcerated at the start of 2008. The People's Republic of China ranks second with 1.5 million, despite having over four times the population of the US


This was a blurb on the news at the beginning of 2008, hardly a iota of concern from the population on the whole.

The United States (A.K.A. land of the free, home of the brave) has 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's incarcerated population.

This is now more than a form of punishment for crimes committed, this is a full blown industry employing thousands if not hundreds of thousands rivaling even the largest of automakers and other companies that actually produce goods.

From the agents and police used in investigations and arrests to the judicial administrative staff need to process the prisoner to the guard staff needed to incarcerate to the food services staff needed for delivery to the agriculture area needed to grow the food to the weapons manufacturer needed to supply the guards with weapons and potentially the criminals to initiate the crime to the construction staff who build and maintain the prison to the architectural resources for the design to the mining company for the concrete and steel to the auctioneers to dispense of seized assets from homes to boats to guns to art to.....you see the picture?

What politician would have the balls to cut it by 50%? It would be political suicide to tell that amount of voters that he or she will be moving to end their jobs imprisoning their fellow citizens.

Only in America.


Welcome to Detroit.