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Top 8 Prison Myths and Misconceptions - Mind this Magazine
For eight months as a prison guard, I witnessed life in prison and how a prison is administrated. I shall focus on Gen Y’s perceptions of prison and inmates, and highlight common prison myths and misconceptions.
http://mindthismagazine.com/prison-myths/
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10 Myths: Prisoners and Prison Life
Most of us will only ever see prison on the television or movie screen. For those looking for accuracy, however, these portrayals rarely fit the bill.
http://www.prose-n-cons.com/10-prison-myths.html
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19 Actual Statistics About America's Prison System
The U.S. imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid. There is a reason for it — but not a good one.
https://mic.com/articles/86519/19-actual-statistics-about-america-s-prison-system#.wM2IPDFv8
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Statistics and Facts about Prisoners in the United States
There are more people currently incarcerated in the United States than in China and India combined, and this, despite the fact that the total combined population of these two countries exceeds that of the United States by over 2.3 billion. Learn statistics here.
http://www.statista.com/topics/1717/prisoners-in-the-united-states/
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11 Stunning Facts About America's Prisons - Business Insider
The U.S. has a greater percentage of its population locked up than any other country in the world.
http://www.businessinsider.com/11-facts-about-prisons-2011-7?op=1
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Crime and Prisons - USA gov
Learn about reporting crimes or criminals and find frequently requested information about prisons.
https://www.usa.gov/crime-prison
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Prison Facts, Information, Pictures - Encyclopedia
Prison place of confinement for the punishment and rehabilitation of criminals.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/prison.aspx
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11 Stunning Facts About America's Prisons - Business Insider
The U.S. has a greater percentage of its population locked up than any other country in the world.
http://www.businessinsider.com/11-facts-about-prisons-2011-7
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United States of America - World Prison Brief
The United States prison from the World Prison Brief.
http://www.prisonstudies.org/country/united-states-america
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Federal Bureau of Prisons Web Site - BOP
The U.S. federal bureau of prisons web site.
https://www.bop.gov
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U.S. Has World's Highest Incarceration Rate - PRB
Since 2002, the United States has had the world's highest incarceration rate.
http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2012/us-incarceration.aspx
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Criminal Justice Fact Sheet - NAACP
Combining the number of people in prison and jail with those under parole or probation supervision, 1 in ever y 31 adults, or 3.2 percent of the population is under some form of correctional control.
http://www.naacp.org/pages/criminal-justice-fact-sheet
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The Prison Crisis - American Civil Liberties Union
With only 5% of the worlds population, the U.S. has more than 20% of the worlds prison population - that makes us the worlds largest jailer. From 1978 to 2014, our prison population has risen 408%. One in 110Â adults are incarcerated in a prison or local jail in the U.S. This marks the highest rate of imprisonment in American history.
https://www.aclu.org/prison-crisis
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Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS): Violent Crime
Violent crime includes murder, rape and sexual assault, robbery, and assault. Information about murder is obtained on a yearly basis from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports. There are two measures for non-fatal violence-the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). NCVS measures rape or sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated and simple assault.
http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp
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Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total - World Prison Brief
Please use drop down menu 1 to choose the category of data you wish to view, and then wait for the page to reload. Once the page has reloaded please choose the continent/region from drop down menu 2 and then press apply.
http://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison-population-total
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Category: Prison-Related Crime - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia's information about prison-related crime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Prison-related_crime
