In 1980, for example, there were 25,000 people in the in the federal prison system. Today. Today there's 209,000. That's a 736% increase as our population's only increased 40% in total. Back in 1980, there were about 500,000 people in prison. Today there's 2.3 million. We, as in America, have the highest level of incarceration in the world. In 2014 or 2013, it was 716 people per 100,000 population. The next closest country was Rwanda with 492. (01:15–01:22)
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Asserts that the total prison population increased from 500,000 in 1980 to 2.3 million today.
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