claim: "the united states imprisons more than any nation in the world."
author: hank johnson
evidence_1: jul 7, 2015 ... “it's a stark fact that the united states has less than 5 percent of the world's  population, yet we have almost 25 percent of the world's total prison ...
evidence_2: the state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its u.s. counterparts . first among ... world incarceration rates if every u.s. state were a country.
evidence_3: jan 25, 2018 ... overview with less than 5% of the world's population but nearly 25% of ... the  united states imprisons more people than any other nation in the ...
evidence_4: report explores why the united states leads the world in incarceration. ... "no  other country in the world imprisons its citizens as we do in the united states," ... " it's not that we have any more criminals than the rest of the world; we're just doing  ...
evidence_5: apr 25, 2018 ... the united states imprisons a larger percentage of its people than any other  nation. it has about 5 percent of the world's population but houses ...