Description My facebook: www.facebook.com My twitter: twitter.com My forums: forum.thatfatatheist.com At the end of 2009, over 7 million people in the US were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole. http The November Coalition www.november.org The Flourishing Private Prison Industry www.nakedcapitalism.com ACLU Infographic www.infographicsshowcase.com The United States has less than 5 percent of the world's population. But it has almost a quarter of the world's prisoners. www.nytimes.com Incarcerations Rates By Country www.webcitation.org Since 1970, the prison population has increased by 700%! www.dailykos.com CCA gave $106614 to federal candidates in the 2006 election through its political action committee - 15% to Democrats and 85% to Republicans. I can't find this stat, but here are there contributions for 2010: phx.corporate-ir.net CCA spent well over $2 million for lobbying in 2007. en.wikipedia.org CCA was also a major financial backer of the 2009 anti-immigration law in Arizona and according to internal documents CCA believes that imprisoning illegal immigrants will bring in "a significant portion of our revenues." lake.typepad.com
