Here in California, we are continually talking about jail overcrowding.

But it's not just California's prison populations that are over run.

Out of all the countries in the world, the United States has the highest number of prison inmates at any given time.

Of all the people incarcerated around the world, 25% are in the US.

Here is an infographich breakdown of the crimes that prisoners are being held for, the economic impact that housing so many inmates is having across the country, and what changes need to take place to help turn it all around.