Claim(permalink)
"Over the last 40 years, this country’s prison population has grown by 500 percent."
✓politifact rating: mostly credible; published on 2016-09-16
Factors
veracity
mostly credible
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2016-09-16
Entities
MarsAudience measurementRecidivismIncarceration in the United StatesNathan PetrelliFact-checkingFederal government of the United StatesPolitiFactBarbara BoxerDistrict attorneyParoleJerry BrownUnited States Department of JusticeDemocracyFake newsCourtUnited States SenateKamala HarrisTexasCaliforniaInitiativePrison reformAttorney General of California