Why the U.S. Prison System Hurts Young Workers
by Elizabeth English and Ryann Roberts / @FortuneMagazine The mounds of taxpayer dollars spend putting people behind bars take away from America’s investment in education. It’s a fact that seems almost too mind-boggling to be true: The U.S. has 5% of the world’s population and 25% of the world’s prison population. In 2011, 716 out