Legal System-USA

This article talks about the criminal justice system in the USA.

General Legal Tradition
The legal tradition in the USA is the Common Law system. As is common in most former members of the British commonwealth, there is an emphasis on case law.

Agencies involved in the Criminal Justice System
There are two Department level agencies that supervise the criminal justice system within the USA.

The Department of Justice oversees most of the law enforcement agencies within the USA. The DOJ is composed of 60 different agencies (Agencies). The Department of Homeland Security is composed of 16 agencies which are charged with both border protection and investigations which include national security implications (2016 Operational).

The Department of Corrections and the Federal Bureau of Prisons oversee the corrections process within the USA.

Correctional Institutions within the USA
The Federal Bureau of Prisons oversees 4,575 institutions which is primarily composed of local level jails.

The PRC has a prison population of 2,217,947 inmates (2015 United States). This makes up about 0.68% of the total population of the USA.