Monday, March 02, 2009

Louisiana Leads the Way

Louisiana's incarceration rate is No. 1 in nation - Breaking News from New Orleans - Times-Picayune - NOLA.com: "BATON ROUGE -- One out of every 55 Louisiana residents is behind bars, a higher incarceration rate than any other state, according to research released today by a Washington, D.C., nonprofit group.

One in 26 Louisiana adults is under correctional control, if probation and parole are included, the group found."

1 comment:

Cap'n Bob said...

It must be all that okra.