I'm more impressed that a nation which ostensibly cherishes freedom has 1% of its entire population in jail or prison.

In other words, the nation that holds itself up as a beacon of freedom has found the ways and means to imprison a full percentage point of its population.

I always life when some rabid libertarian argues that the US is the nation which has the most freedom of all. 1% of the population is behind bars, I suppose that makes the remainder feel safer.