In the United States, 1 out of 28 children have a parent in prison

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with 754 people per 100,000 being in prison, and that excludes those on parole.

While the US accounts for only 5% of the world population, they host 25% of the worlds criminals at an estimated cost of around $60 billion per year.

At any one time there are over 7 million people under the control of the US justice system. This equates to 1 in every 32 people being either in prison or out on parole.

While incarceration is the worldwide accepted method of criminal rehabilitation, it does have one very serious negative side effect. It is estimated that 1 in every 28 US children have a parent in prison. This amounts to a huge amount of children missing a vital component of their upbringing.

And while the real cost of this spinoff is difficult to measure, there are many that believe it will have a very serious impact on society in the years to come.