This chart may shock some Americans. At least I hope it will. But it is all true -- and it is unacceptable. We are quickly turning this country into the world's largest prison state. And we are doing it because we seem to think the answer to all of society's perceived problems is just to lock more people up. We should be ashamed of turning this nation, once the world's beacon of freedom, into a country where taking freedom away is thought to be an answer to anything.
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This chart may shock some Americans. At least I hope it will. But it is all true -- and it is unacceptable. We are quickly turning this country into the world's largest prison state. And we are doing it because we seem to think the answer to all of society's perceived problems is just to lock more people up. We should be ashamed of turning this nation, once the world's beacon of freedom, into a country where taking freedom away is thought to be an answer to anything.
