With 15 million race behind bars, ...

With 15 million race behind bars, the United States imprisons a larger share of its population than any other nation. Indeed, the rate of incarceration in the United States has grown abundant faster than the population in the past decade, leading to serious overcrowding in local, state and federal al prisons. In IS@@ alone, federal facilities are operating at 160 percent of capacity, while state facilities are at 117 percent despite a desired capacity rate of @@ percent that allows for periodic maintenance and repairs, special housing for protective custody, disciplinary cases and strait needs.

The cost of confining inmates in the United States almost doubled in the past five years, reaching $50 billion lion annually, or $33334 by means of inmate, per year. Estimates exhibit to that one 700-bed bed jail and single 1,600-bed prison need to be exhibited every week just to confront the rising demand. The contriveed annual construction cost ...