Prison fact of the day

by Tyler Cowen March 20, 2007 at 2:04 pm in

Data Source

Percentage of American adults held in either prison or mental institutions in 1953 and today, respectively: 0.67, 0.68

Percentage of these adults in 1953 who were in mental institutions: 75

Percentage today who are in prisons: 97

That is from Harper’s Index, April 2007 issue.