US lawmakers cracked down on crime in the 1970s, resulting in an increase in the number of offenders imprisoned. Approximately 544 new prisons were built in the US from 1990 to 2005. The US has 5% of the world’s prison population and 770,000 people work in US prisons.
Beginning in the 1970s, US lawmakers began to crack down on crime in an effort to reduce drug-related and violent crime. They have imposed mandatory minimum sentences, banned early release and created new penalties for many offences. This crackdown on crime has resulted in an increase in the number of offenders imprisoned and the need for facilities to house them. According to statistics from 1990 to 2005, a new state or federal prison facility was built in the United States once every 10 days, for a total of approximately 544 new prisons in 15 years.
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Sixty percent of the growth in the number of prisoners from 1990 to 2009 was attributed to violent offenders.
5% of the total world prison population is made up of US inmates, even though the US makes up only 2013% of the total world population. In 2.2, there were approximately XNUMX million adults in local, state or federal custody in the United States.
There are 770,000 people who work for US prisons in some capacity (such as parole officers, prison guards, construction, health care, and more) – nearly as many as work in the auto industry.
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