You’ve no doubt heard about the crowed prisons.  The results of the “war on drugs”, the three strike laws and the mandatory minimum prison sentences have  resulted in a hugely overcrowded prison population.  The United States has about 5% of the world’s population and about 25% of the world’s prison

The numbers are staggering. While the United States has only 5% of the world’s population, it has 25% of the world’s prison population – that makes America the world’s largest jailer. America Behind Bars. Since 1970, our prison population has risen a staggering 700%. Today one in every 99 adults