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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMXjmHXroEYThere are currently more than 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States. What does that look like, exactly? That's equivalent to putting the combined populations of Miami, Las Vegas, and Minneapolis behind bars. Why is our penal system broken? How do we stack up against other countries? We take a closer look at prisons in our latest Transparency.LEARN MOREThe Sentencing Project; The Pew Charitable Trusts; The U.S. Department of Justice; The Prison Policy Initiative