Figuratively Speaking

6,127

Value of settlements reached that year:

$7.7 million

Number of sexual harassment complaints handled by the EEOC in 1997:

15,889

Value of settlements reached in 1997:

$49.4 million

Source: The Economist, Feb. 14, 1998

Americans who spend some part of their life in prison, according to a U.S. Justice Department survey:

5.1%

American males who spend some time in prison:

9%

Women who spend time in prison:

1.1%

Source: Business Week, No. 3539, Aug. 11, 1997

Number of new 1,000-inmate prisons that would need to open each week to adequately house burgeoning numbers of prisoners since the 1970s:

2

Annual cost of locking up an inmate, according to a study conducted for the National Institute of Justice:

$45,000

Source: Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1, January 1997