Monday, October 08, 2007

4th Largest U.S. City is..., Prison, USA

Do you think we’re free? Every day we hear that is the reason for fighting wars, to protect our freedom. Ask 100 people why we are fighting any war and the majority will answer in a single word, freedom. Based on 2005 population figures for both our prisons and U.S. cities, the prison population would rank as the 4th largest city behind New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago while beating Houston out by over 200,000 people. 48% of those in US Prison are non-violent offenders.

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