70% of American prisoners have not been convicted, could be innocent.
Lots of $$ making schemes unfortunately. Now that pot is legal, the free prisonlabor is comingfrom immigrants.
"About 30% (197,000) of persons in jail in 2022 were convicted, serving a sentence or awaiting sentencing, while
70% (466,100) were unconvicted, awaiting court action on a current charge or being held for other reasons. This was similar to 2021, when 29% of inmates were convicted and 71% were unconvicted.Sep 20, 2023"
BJS Releases Preliminary Statistics on Incarcerated Populations in 2022 WASHINGTON ― Local jails nationwide held 663,100 persons in custody at midyear 2022, 4% more than at this time the year before (636,100), according to a new release of preliminary data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics...
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