What's the most surprising information in the infographic?
What questions do you have about incarceration in the US?
List two causes of the extraordinarily high rate of incarceration in the US:
List two consequences of our incarceration rate:
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Did you know that while the US makes up about 5% of the world's population, it accounts for 25% of the world's prisoners?
Did you know that the US spends over $69 billion a year on our prison system?
Did you know that 1/15 Black Americans is incarcerated?
Did you know that it costs 4x as much to keep a prisoner in jail, than it costs to educate a child?
