US Notches World's Highest Incarceration Rate

More than 5.6 million Americans are in prison or have served time there, according to a new report by the Justice Department released Sunday. That's 1 in 37 adults living in the United States, the highest incarceration level in the world.

It's the first time the US government has released estimates of the extent of imprisonment, and the report's statistics have broad implications for everything from state fiscal crises to how other nations view the American experience.

I don't think that's good news. And John Ashcroft doesn't think it is enough. Details here from the Christian Science Monitor.