Whose Freedom Is It Anyway

I recently heard a comedian say: Of the world’s 84 freecountries, the United States has the highest incarceration rate. Tongue-in-cheek,this funny man seriously challenged our claim to be “Home of the Free.” Iimmediately verified the statistics, and shockingly (at least to me) the US hasthe highest number of prisoners (relative to population) in the entire world.Of the adult population, 2.8%