tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502864.post6787431858022737072..comments2023-05-01T08:10:56.100-04:00Comments on ktl: yeah yeah, i'm getting more political, but in an endearing way!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502864.post-65484785545091787542011-01-06T11:06:05.554-05:002011-01-06T11:06:05.554-05:00"One in 13 Georgians is behind bars, on proba..."One in 13 Georgians is behind bars, on probation or on parole, according to the Pew Center on the States. That’s the highest rate of correctional control in the nation and more than the double the national average: 1 in 31." This will now make me suspicious of every person I walk by in the grocery store.<br /><br />I read an article yesterday about the number of inmates in Texas that are being released because they weren't guilty at all. Most of them jailed because prosecuters were trying to clean up the streets.<br /><br />While I agree there is a racial difference in male prisons - I'm not sure that holds true in female prisons (or at least the one I see on TV that is taped in GA ;-)).Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16310242216742709325noreply@blogger.com