Democracy Quote by Eve Ensler

The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world: two million people. The country with one-twentieth of the world's population has one-fourth of…

— Randall Robinson

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Many of those people deserve to be in prison; however, some of them…

— Rand Paul

The world's 'freeest' country has the highest number in prison.

— Arundhati Roy

We have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. 'America, land of liberty and freedom?' You know, that's baloney. More than…

— Gary Johnson

“The U.S. incarceration rate is the world’s highest and some nine to ten times that of many European countries. Almost 1 in 100 American…

— Joseph E. Stiglitz

“Today, the United States has the highest rate of imprisonment of any nation in the world—possibly the highest rate in the history of any…

— David Cay Johnston

We have more people in jail than any other country in Earth, disproportionately Latino and African-American.

— Bernie Sanders

“Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses are the primary reason that the U.S. prison population has ballooned since the 1980s to over 2.5 million…

— Piper Kerman

“Our prison population, in fact, is now the biggest in the history of human civilization. There are more people in the United States either…

— Matt Taibbi

Our prison population quintupled in a thirty year period of time. Not doubled or tripled - quintupled. We went from a prison and jail…

— Michelle Alexander

“Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses are the prime reason that the U.S. prison population has ballooned since the 1980s to over 2.5 million…

— Piper Kerman

The USA has more people in prison that any other country, including countries with much larger populations. 13% of the population is black but…

— Harry Belafonte