America: The World’s No. 1 Jailer at a Cost of Billions Each Year

America: The World’s No. 1 Jailer at a Cost of Billions Each Year

BY DIANE DIMOND Let’s talk about the U.S. prison system, shall we? By that I mean the whole shebang: prisons run by the federal government, state jails, local jails and juvenile correctional institutions. And let’s toss in immigration detention facilities, military prisons and the 76 jails on Native American lands. All together, the United States […]