US Attorney: 1 in Every 100 US Adults Are in Prison or Jail

melanie.hunter | July 11, 2014
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U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia Timothy Heaphy told the House Judiciary Committee's Over-Criminalization Task Force Friday that nearly one in every 100 adults in the U.S. is in prison or jail - a rate five to 10 times higher than western Europe and other democracies.

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