Mississippi is the world’s leader in putting people behind bars - more inmates per capita than any state or nation, including China, Russia and Iran, according to the World Population Review. Cliff Johnson, director of the MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law, said: “What’s it going to take for Mississippians to realize that the mass incarceration we have carried out for decades has made us less safe, rather than safer?” The number of prisoners in the U.S. is 16% lower today than before the pandemic, according to the Vera Institute of Justice, but Mississippi’s rate is skyrocketing, rising more than 1,500 in less than six months. That population now exceeds 18,000 - the highest rate since April 2020. ... And it costs $53.72 per-day for each one. (Source: Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting 08/13/22) Mississippi now the world leader in mass incarceration (clarionledger.com)
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