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China has 1.7m prisoners and executes single-digit thousands each year. With those numbers, the fact that it "executes many of its prisoners" is immaterial for
by Ozzie_osman 7y ago
China has 1.7m prisoners and executes single-digit thousands each year. With those numbers, the fact that it "executes many of its prisoners" is immaterial for its incarceration rate vs the US (maybe those China #s aren't accurate, I can't be sure).
- maxk42 7y agoChina also has "re-education camps". The numbers are unknown but the estimate for the Xinjiang re-education camps alone are estimated to hold 1.5 million. [1] So I doubt the 1.7 million number -- or, if accurate, it must discount China's various "re-education" camps and other involuntary political holding facilities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_re-education_camps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_re-education_camps
- Ozzie_osman 7y agoSure. I'm not defending China or taking these numbers at face value. But even if the 1.5m in Xinjiang is true, China is still significantly below the US in terms of incarceration rate. And it's sad that that's the comparison we're making.
- SahAssar 7y agoI wouldn't trust the china stats either, but looking at a stats like these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera... I think it's still clear that USA is a outlier and that this is a problem.