The United States imposes the world’s lengthiest prison sentences and is also a leader in the number of people spending decades behind bars, according to a recent study.

The Council on Criminal Justice completed the first academic study comparing prison sentences among the world’s developed nations and found that American sentencing policies are more aligned with those of Latin America and the Caribbean than industrialized European countries.
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