Should the Prison System Be Defunded?

4. In 2012, 2.2 million Americans were incarcerated; 854,000 on parole
& 4 million on probation. Almost 7 million Americans (one out of
every 34 adults) were under the criminal-justice system.

17. Visualizing the U.S. Federal Prison Population by
Types of Offenses (April 2009)

27. *All data are for 2002