Question

What can you infer from the statistic that 2.9 percent of the total U.S. adult population is in the correction system? This statistic is lower than most other first-world countries. All of these people are in jail. This statistic shows that the United States has documented the number of persons in the correction system. This statistic proves the United States has more people in prisons than any other country.

Answer 1

This statistic proves the United States has more people in prisons than any other country.

Step-by-step explanation:

We can infer that 2.9% of the total U.S. adult population is in the correction system. As of June 2020, the U.S. leads and has about 655 inmates out of 100,000 population. These numbers are alarming, but nonetheless true.