How awesome is America? We're No. 1 when it comes to locking up our citizens. Take that, France! Once again, the United States prison population is the biggest of the industrialized world, while we're also tops in the percentage of our people we keep behind bars. There are 2.2 million prisoners, with 1.6 million of those belonging to the state or federal prisons and the remainder apparently sharing small-town jail cells with Otis the Drunk.
Scooter Becomes Nation's 2,200,000th Prisoner!
Scooter Becomes Nation's 2,200,000th…
Scooter Becomes Nation's 2,200,000th Prisoner!
How awesome is America? We're No. 1 when it comes to locking up our citizens. Take that, France! Once again, the United States prison population is the biggest of the industrialized world, while we're also tops in the percentage of our people we keep behind bars. There are 2.2 million prisoners, with 1.6 million of those belonging to the state or federal prisons and the remainder apparently sharing small-town jail cells with Otis the Drunk.