1 in 100 Americans Are In Jail

From The New York Times. . .
For the first time in the nation’s history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report.

Incarceration rates are even higher for some groups. One in 36 Hispanic adults is behind bars, based on Justice Department figures for 2006. One in 15 black adults is, too, as is one in nine black men between the ages of 20 and 34.

The report, from the Pew Center on the States, also found that only one in 355 white women between the ages of 35 and 39 are behind bars but that one in 100 black women are.

The State Of . . . Us. Check the Pew Center findings if you want more on their methodology and whatnots.