​The United States has 5% of the world population but 25% of the world’s incarcerated population, more than any other country.

Nationwide, 1 in 100 adults were behind bars in 2008, a growth from 1 in 138 from 2004.

​Sixty-three of the 67 Pennsylvania counties have jails combined holding in excess of 35,000 inmates on any given day.

County Jails cost taxpayers an average of $20,000 annually.