Do you know 31 people?

Then chances are you know someone in prison, on probation or on parole. That's right, according to a new Pew Study, 1 in 31 Americans is in prison, on probation or on parole. That, in scientific terms, is totally fucked up. That means 1 in 31 Americans is a criminal, which would mean we're worse than Australia and, again, that's totally fucked up. Of course, 1 in 31 Americans is not a criminal (or shouldn't really be considered one), and this just goes to show how screwed up our priorities are. According to this article, prison spending outpaces "education, transportation and public spending". And yet, "the study found that despite increased spending on prisons, recidivism rates remained largely unchanged."
Wow.