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Is this 1/3 of the current prison population, or is it 1/3 of prison sentences handout in a certain period? I could believe the latter. But I assume that sent
by rahimnathwani 4y ago
Is this 1/3 of the current prison population, or is it 1/3 of prison sentences handout in a certain period?
I could believe the latter.
But I assume that sentences for fare evasion are shorter than for other types of theft, or more serious things like murder?
- _trampeltier 4y agoSadly population
- bryanrasmussen 4y agohttps://www.prisonstudies.org/country/germany https://www.prisonstudies.org/country/germany
- aedocw 4y agoThis is wildly inaccurate. The population of Germany is about 84m. The total prison population in Germany is 56557. [1] What are you talking about? [1]: https://www.prisonstudies.org/country/germany https://www.prisonstudies.org/country/germany
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y agoNot OP but I believe they're talking about the total prison population and not the total population. They're saying that roughly 19,000 people (roughly 1/3 of 56,557) are in prison in Germany due to the inability to pay a fine that was given to them for riding on a train or bus without a ticket.
- nicolas_t 4y agoI'd want to see a citation on that, only thing I could find so far is this quote "Peter Biesenbach, justice minister in Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia, said that over one-in-ten verdicts handed down in his state dealt with fare-dodgers." I can't imagine that 1 in ten verdicts for fare dodging would result in one third of the prison population being fare dodgers.