periodic prison-crime story

every once in a while, the media reports about the rather large prison population in the US. then often, a link between this statistic is often linked with an aside about dropping crime rates. and nearly every time, the media appears shocked at the facts

The U.S. prison population continued to grow last year even though reports of violent crime during 2004 were at the lowest level since the government began compiling statistics 32 years ago, according to a government report released in September.

to invoke a recent ad campaign...brilliant!
the media often doesn't realize that crime falls because more criminals are in jail.