prison, n.Trivia

Prison is big business --- there are more than nine million people living in prisons around the world.

During Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of prisoners were left to die in their cells.

In Japan, death row inmates are held in solitary confinement and informed only hours before they are going to be hanged.

Prison is an epidemic --- there are more than nine million people living in prisons around the world.

Netherlands closed 19 prisons last year due to the lack of criminals

Prison is big business in the US --- A quarter of the world's prisoners are locked up in the US.

Alcatraz was one of the only federal prisons at the time that allowed hot showers to deter prisoners from acclimating to cold water and escaping through the San Francisco Bay

Adolf Hitler led a coup in 1923 and was sentenced to five years in prison for treason (he served less than one)

Jails in Brazil reduce the sentences of their prisoners by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.

More black males are in prison than in colleges in the US.

Prison is big business in the US --- More than 2 million people in the United States are incarcerated.

About 1 in 30 people in the US are in jail, on probation, or on parole.

The US has the highest rate of imprisonment of any country in the world. About 2% of white males, 4% of Hispanic males and 10% of black males are incarcerated.

In Finland there are "open prisons" where you can work for $8 an hour, own cell phones, can do your own grocery shopping and get three days of vacation every couple of months while serving your sentence