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Report: 1 percent of U.S. adults behind bars

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  • 2.3 million U.S. adults incarcerated at beginning of 2008, Pew report says
  • 50 states spent $49 billion on corrections last year
  • U.S. has more people in prison than any other country
  • 1 in 9 black males behind bars, report says
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