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The rest of the world used to be behind by at least a factor of 2. Bad as it is, things are actually much better than in 2010, where just over 1% (1,000 per 100
by viridian 4y ago
The rest of the world used to be behind by at least a factor of 2. Bad as it is, things are actually much better than in 2010, where just over 1% (1,000 per 100,000) of the total population (1.3% of adults) were in prison.
This number is likely to continue to decrease, as sentences have gotten shorter over time, and those have a huge, huge lag time. Your average prosecutor has, for better or worse, liberalized significantly from 1980 to now, even when compared to the general public.