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Pew: One in 22 Texans under control of criminal justice system

The Pew Center on the States just came out with a new report analyzing national incarceration and community supervision statistics, along with an accompanying Texas state fact sheet (pdf).Bottom line: One in 31 American adults nationally are in prison, jail, on probation or on parole. In Texas, though, the ratio is much higher - one out of 22 adults here are under control of the criminal justice system, Pew calculated.Texas is no longer boasts the nation's top-ranked incarceration rate, however. That dubious honor belongs to Georgia. One in 13 Georgians - an astonishing 7.92%, compared to 4.56% in Texas - are in prison, jail, on probation or on parole, says Pew.Texas' incarceration rate ranks 4th nationally behind the Peach State, Idaho, and the District of Columbia, according to Pew.continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 02, 2009 (boomark / email).