1 in 136 Americans in prison

5-21-2006 • Associated Press

Prisons and jails added more than 1,000 inmates each week for a year, putting almost 2.2 million people, or one in every 136 U.S. residents, behind bars. That 2.6%increase from mid-2004 to mid-2005 translates into a weekly rise of 1,085 inmates.