United States incarceration rate
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In September 2013, the incarceration rate of the United States of America was the highest in the world, at 716 per 100,000 of the national population. While the United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, it houses around 22 percent of the world's prisoners.
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See also
- Comparison of United States incarceration rate with other countries
- Felony disenfranchisement in the United States
- Incarceration in the United States
- List of U.S. states by incarceration rate
- Mass incarceration
- Mentally ill people in United States jails and prisons
- Prison–industrial complex
- Race and the War on Drugs
- Youth incarceration in the United States
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