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An estimated 5.1% of all persons in the United States will be confined in a State or Federal prison during their lifetime, if incarceration rates recorded in 1991 remain unchanged in the future. The lifetime chances of a person going to prison are higher for men (9.0%) than for women (1.1%) and higher for blacks (16.2%) and Hispanics (9.4%) than for whites (2.5%). At current levels of incarceration a black male in the United States today has greater than a 1 in 4 chance of going to prison during his lifetime, while a Hispanic male has a 1 in 6 chance and a white male has a 1 in 23 chance of serving time.
Отсюда.
У среднестатистического американца 5% ШАНС ПОПАСТЬ В ТЮРЬМУ В ТЕЧЕНИИ ЖИЗНИ. Это как-то дофига. А если на мужиков посмотреть - то вообще 9%. Впрочем, у белого мужика все равно около 5% попасть в тюрьму, зато у черного - больше 25% (28%). Статья статистическая. По ссылке много интересного