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>Well, the real growth in the prison population comes from county-level district attorneys sending violent people to prison.
by happyscrappy 11y ago
>Well, the real growth in the prison population comes from county-level district attorneys sending violent people to prison.
- LesZedCB 11y agoExcept it never answered why the DA's are sending more people to prison. That sort of begs the question, right? The best conclusion the author came up with was: > Maybe it’s that next election they’re looking at, that they remain tough on crime because they want to become attorney general or governor. There’s no clear data on this. which is a super weak answer. As jordigh said above, it's because prisons are now largely run for profit. Most people who were already aware of the large prison population already knew that for-profit prisons was the reason this phenomenon occurred. Honestly, this article sounds like a propaganda piece to serve as a red herring for the for-profit prison industry to keep chugging along.
- happyscrappy 11y agoI know people don't want to hear it but private prisons are only 8%, but keep on believing what you need to.
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- happyscrappy 11y agoDid you just add two separate percentages together? Facepalm. Edit: LesZedCB just deleted his comment where he indignantly told me that 6% of state prisoners plus 16% of federal prisoners equals 22% of all prisoners.
- LesZedCB 11y agoI redacted it because I realized it was bad math. Sorry for the indignance, it was misinformed on my own part.
- happyscrappy 11y agoOk, thanks. It is better to edit in place once someone has replied.