A Statistic

[From Harper’s](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/03/prison_fact_of_.html):

Percentage of American adults held in either prison or mental institutions in 1953 and today, respectively: 0.67, 0.68

Percentage of these adults in 1953 who were in mental institutions: 75

Percentage today who are in prisons: 97


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