new prison stats

the latest stats for prison and jail populations have been released. nothing new really, populations are increasing:

Imprisonment rose by 1.6 percent on the pervious year, and jail populations rose by 4.7 percent, for a total of just over 2.1 million people behind bars ... Women make up 12.7 percent of jail inmates. Nearly 6 in 10 offenders in local jails are racial or ethnic minorities ... nearly 4.7 percent of black males were in prison or jail, compared to 1.9 percent of Hispanic males, and 0.7 percent of white males. Among males in their late 20s, nearly 12 percent of black males, compared to 3.9 percent of Hispanic males and 1.7 percent of white males, were incarcerated.

in case you are wondering, the US incarcerates more people than any other nation, and LA an GA lead the nation.

also, reported by talkleft, 1 in every 136 US residents are incarcerated.