Mass Incarceration: Why Does The U.S. Jail So Many People?

AJ+ | May 13, 2015 The U.S. incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. With 2.2 million people behind bars, and millions more on probation or parole, 1 in 35 American adults is caught up in the prison system. AJ+ teamed up with The Marshall Project to examine why.