The Numbers Say it All 7+ MillionPeople are in prison, parole & probation 2.5 MillionPeople are locked up in U.S. prisons 60 BillionThe annual cost to keep people in prisons 5,000+There are more Prisons than Universities in the U.S. 1 in 4Inmates on the entire planet are in U.S. prisons $29,000to keep one person in federal prison for one year 1 in 28Children have one or more parents incarcerated. 400%The prison population has increased 400% since the 1980's. 60%of the people in prison are minorities
