Weird how the internet can tell me 1.6 million people died in gulags but there is no hazy estimate of how many folks have died in US prisons other than a report for 2001-2014 which hilariously misorders cause of death to downplay homicide and 'missing'.
Theres that famous meme where its a picture of Stalin that says "yeah Stalin was so bad that 20% of the population was imprisoned. Oh wait no thats America right now actually."
It's 2% actively, but 20%+ that's effected (spends time in prison or jail in their lives or is a direct relation of someone who will)
Right on, thanks for the correction. Was just trying to quote the meme from memory.
I think the statistic you might have seen is around 30% of Americans have a criminal record, i.e., been arrested and convicted of a crime.
This is the meme I was thinking of. I had the numbers close, but the overall idea incorrect:
https://img.ifunny.co/images/31a86fb326255d3beee5132b1daa36ac295f151b041fe5bb3d0d7b6ef0a46691_1.jpg