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Patrisse Khan-Cullors' new book is called "When They

Prison overcrowding lower in the United States

The U.S. has the world's highest incarceration rate, but ranks significantly lower when it comes to prison overcrowding at 113th out of just more than 200 countries — among the least crowded but still worse than other developed nations such as Canada, Germany and Australia.

There are currently 2.15 million inmates locked up in the U.S., that's 103.9% of capacity. The country that holds the No. 1 slot with the most overcrowded prisons in the world? Haiti. According to World Prison Brief data, that country incarcerates 10,500 inmates, or 454% of official capacity.

'When They Call You a Terrorist'

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors, with co-author Asha Bandele, reflects on the life that brought her to world prominence in the recently released book When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir. She explains a childhood filled with poverty during which she watched her brothers get manhandled by police, according to a New York Times review . A comparatively small portion is dedicated to the movement itself — which she, along with Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza began to protest the unjust killing of young black men and women, often at the hands of police.

During a signing in Birmingham, Khan-Cullors talked about BLM being labeled a terrorist group: "We're labeled as a terrorist organization by not just regular folks, but elected officials and law enforcement. There's also a long history of black folks who have been fighting for our rights of freedom labeled as terrorists."

On criminal justice reform, follow Georgia's lead

After expanding the use of prison alternatives such as rehab programs for drug offenders, and raising the threshold for what are considered felony offenses, Georgia has managed to lower its prison admissions. Overall admissions dropped 19% in eight years, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . African Americans, though still incarcerated at a disproportionate rate, fared well under the changes. Admissions dropped for black inmates by 30%.

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