Families Against Mandatory Minimums, 2014

Since Congress created mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes in the 1980s, the federal prison population has grown from 24,000 prisoners to over 218,000 prisoners – the largest prison system in the country.

The United States has more people behind bars – 2.3 million – than any other country in the world.

One in every 100 Americans is in prison or jail.

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