Country Quote by Randall Robinson

Today the United States has the highest prison population in the world, over 2.1 million people. ... We lock people up at a rate…

— Eve Ensler

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

— Arundhati Roy

The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world: two million people. One out of every eight prisoners in the world is an…

— Randall Robinson

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

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

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

“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

“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

The United States has more women and girls in prison than any other industrialized nation on earth.

— Patricia Arquette

“The percentage of drug arrests that result in prison sentences (rather than dismissal, community service, or probation) has quadrupled, resulting in a prison-building boom…

— Michelle Alexander

The percentage of Americans in the prison system, Prison system, has doubled since 1985

— Serj Tankian

“The US has 5 percent of the world’s population, and 25 percent of the world’s prison population.”

— Shane Claiborne