• The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world: two million people. The country with one-twentieth of the world's population has one-fourth of those in prison.

    Randall Robinson: The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world: two million people. The country with one-twentieth of the world's population has one-fourth of those in prison.
    Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 26, 2005.