June 2, 2006 2:04PM 

# Con Nation, Illustrated 

By [Radley Balko](https://www.cato.org/people/radley-balko) 

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Here’s a chart putting the United States’ [absurd incarceration rates](https://www.cato.org/2006/05/23/con-nation/) in perspective:

(Via [Kieran Healy](http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/23/incarceration-rates/).)

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##### Related Tags 

[Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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