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MAHER: I think it's also interesting, we were talking a little bit with Pussy Riot (alluding to earlier guests from Russian rock band) there about prison and I didn't want to tell 'cause I didn't want to brag, that as far as the percentage of people thrown into prison, Russia is eighth and America is number one.
GUEST MATT TAIBBI: Oh yeah.
MAHER (pumping arm in mock cheer): USA, USA, USA. And there's something very perverse about that because not only is that a horrifying statistic in itself, but the fact is that crime in the last 20 years is down ...
TAIBBI: Yeah ...
MAHER: ... constantly plummeting and yet the prison population keeps going up.
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MAHER: I think it's also interesting, we were talking a little bit with Pussy Riot (alluding to earlier guests from Russian rock band) there about prison and I didn't want to tell 'cause I didn't want to brag, that as far as the percentage of people thrown into prison, Russia is eighth and America is number one.
GUEST MATT TAIBBI: Oh yeah.
MAHER (pumping arm in mock cheer): USA, USA, USA. And there's something very perverse about that because not only is that a horrifying statistic in itself, but the fact is that crime in the last 20 years is down ...
TAIBBI: Yeah ...
MAHER: ... constantly plummeting and yet the prison population keeps going up.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jack-coleman/2014/04/14/bill-maher-shocked-shocked-crime-plummeting-while-more-criminals-sent-#ixzz2yzsSuRA6