As of June 30, 2006--
-- 2,245,189 prisoners were held in Federal or State prisons or in local jails.
-- Over 50% of those held in federal prisons are incarcerated due to non violent (ie: drug) offenses. Yep, the War on Drugs is really working out!
- - there were an estimated 497 prison inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents; up from 411 at year end 1995.
I would suspect that many of my fellow travelers have spent a night in the pokey. Hey, it's good for character building, right?
Toonage:
Jerry Garcia 5-5-82 Oregon State Prison (whole show!)
Johnny Cash - Live inside a Swedish Prison (whole show!)
Social Distortion - Prrison Bound
Social Distortion - Orange County Jail (demo)
Dan Bern - Jail
Wanda Jackson - Riot In Cell Block 9
Leadbelly - Birmingham Jail
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