What does area mean in math and what is length times wighth? well, area means the inside e of something exterior of any figure and length times with is the area of an rectangle. Edit
Over 60% of people in American prisons may have been convicted of non-violent crime s, but 46% of Americans say that they think the main purpose of prison is to take violent criminals off the streets.0% of the country says that too many people who have committed crimes are imprisoned in the US, while 13% says that the incarceration rate is about right. 26% think that too few people are imprisoned.
Critics have lambasted the United States for incarcerating a large number of non-violent and victimless offenders; half of all persons incarcerated under state jurisdiction are for non-violent offenses, and 20% are incarcerated for drug offenses (in state prisons; federal prison percentages are higher).