This World Map Shows The Enormity Of America's Prison Problem
• businessinsider.comAThis world map illustrates how disconcerting that is.bout 2.4 million people live behind bars in America — the highest number in the world. That's a little more than 0.7% of the population and more than 700 for every 100,000 people.
The size of each
country corresponds to the size of its total prison population (as of
2010), and a darker color indicates a higher incarceration rate. The
area of the U.S. is bigger than China, a country that dwarfs the U.S. general population by more than four times. Also note how tiny Canada looks next to the U.S.
