Jun 30 2010

Explaining Prison Expansion in Less than 3 minutes

Good Magazine created a short “transparency” to highlight the expansion of prisons in the U.S. Here’s how they introduced their work:

There are currently more than 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States. What does that look like, exactly? That’s equivalent to putting the combined populations of Miami, Las Vegas, and Minneapolis behind bars. Why is our penal system broken? How do we stack up against other countries? We take a closer look at prisons in our latest Transparency.

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  • By Gail Smith, June 30, 2010 @ 7:18 pm

    This is a great accessible, quick explanation of prison expansion, especially for students and those new to the issue. Thanks for posting, Mariame.

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