1 in every 31 adults in America is incarcerated or on supervised release
The New York Times puts the number of ex-offenders in the U.S. in the “tens of millions”
Each year, 700,000 Americans return home from prison.
25% of the world's prisoners are in U.S. institutions
In California:
California has added 21 prisons in 30 years, with the prison population expanding from 23,000 to 170,000
California’s recidivism rate is its 70%—twice the national average
Taxpayers pay $11 billion per year to operate the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Comparatively little of California's prison budget goes toward rehabilitation
"This is What I Did on My Little Vacation" by Fernando Balladares, a song he wrote for his children about his stay in prison.
