Now what are we supposed to do?

U.S. Imprisons One in 100 Adults, Report Finds

"Nationwide, the prison population grew by 25,000 last year, bringing it to almost 1.6 million, after three decades of growth that has seen the prison population nearly triple. Another 723,000 people are in local jails."

Of course, this has absolutely no connection to crime rates being the lowest they have been in years, right?