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> Russia is pretty close to the US It's not pretty close to the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate https://en.wikipedia
by sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago
> Russia is pretty close to the US
It's not pretty close to the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera...
Rate per 100k
1 - United States - 639
25 - Russia - 325
129 - China - 121
- xdennis 4y agoDid you see the note next to China? It says the figure doesn't include re-education camps and internment camps.
- philliphaydon 4y agohttps://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison_population_rate?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All https://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison_popul... So bbc is a bit out of date so double checked the source. So you’re still wrong as “it’s not even close” is wrong. But my point still stands. We have no real valid data of china, and if you included Uyghurs it would most likely exceed the US in total imprisonment.
- sdfhdhjdw3 4y agoI notice you're quiet about Russia.
- philliphaydon 4y agoI’m from NZ and live in Asia. I don’t talk about Russia because I know very little about it.
- sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago> Russia is pretty close to the US > I don’t talk about Russia because I know very little about it. Except to tell lies, apparently.
- philliphaydon 4y agohttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/uk/06/prisons/html/nn2page1.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/uk/06/prisons/html/nn2... No. I looked at your claim and your claims were false. Even with updated data it’s still a false claim.
- sdfhdhjdw3 4y agoOn what basis is your source better than mine?
- philliphaydon 4y agoIf you look at the data source I linked to , prison studies. It’s the same source as Wikipedia and the BBC. But the claim you made was “it’s not even close” when you look at Wikipedia and the source, that isn’t true at all.
- sdfhdhjdw3 4y agoI copy pasted from wikipedia.