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If This Were Happening Anywhere Else in the World, Americans Would Be Horrified. They Might Even Do Something About It.

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MA–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2014.  By now, many of us are familiar with the statistics:

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1 out of every 100 adults are living behind bars in the United States, with 1 in 31 in some sort of correctional control, including prison, jail, parole, and probation.

The United States, with 5% of the world’s population, has 25% of the worlds prison population.

Thousands are serving life sentences for non-violent crimes.

Private prisons are operating around the country…

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