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OK then. In Nigeria, incarceration rate per 100,000 people is 30. In Mexico, 196. In Brazil, 193. In the US, 737.

• jessaustin 11y ago
  I don't disagree with you, but my comment addressed 'ljf's question about violence, directly above it. This myth that USA should exactly resemble a tiny homogeneous European nation has been encouraged by the prison-LEO-judicial-industrial complex in order to argue for ever more draconian punishments: "We're not like Holland yet, so let's lock up 100,000 more minorities!"
  • atemerev 11y ago
    Netherlands are not that homogeneous. In Amsterdam, there are 25-30% of residents who are not Dutch. In Geneva, where I live — more than 50% non-Swiss residents.
  • atemerev 11y ago
    (And, to be more like Netherlands, the US probably need to lock up less people, not more).