The U.S. has the world’s largest prison population with one in every 31 adults in the corrections system, which includes jail, prison, probation and supervision. States spent a record $51.7 billion on corrections in fiscal 2008. [from - ] FACTBOX: U.S. states in balancing act on budgets Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:51am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. states are resorting to some unusual measures to balance budgets as the economic recession decimates their revenue. Forty-six U.S. states face fisca
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