Chapter 62 Violence and Incarceration
The US has the highest incarceration rate in the World. In fact, with only 5% of the world’s population we incarcerate almost 25% of the world’s total inmates! There is a direct relationship between violent crimes (refer to the prior post) and the rate of incarceration. The average annual cost of inmate incarceration is almost $40,000. As taxpayers, we should be outraged. The US has an incarceration rate (at almost 700 per 100,000) that is 5 times higher than the following countries: