The United States has 5% of the world's population & 25% of its prisoners

By 2009 that number had reached 2.4 million

That's 1 for every 100 Americans

1 in 4 African American men

1 out of every 28 American children has a parent behind bars

Nearly 68 out of every 100 prisoners are re-arrested within 3 years of release; more than half return to prison.