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Despite representing only 4.4 percent of the world's population, the U.S houses 22 percent of its prisoners. What are the historical reasons for the U.S's incredibly large prison population?

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Despite representing only 4.4 percent of the world's population, the U.S houses 22 percent of its prisoners. What are the historical reasons for the U.S's incredibly large prison population?	8296