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We have one of highest (or the highest) incarceration rates in the world, we have 4% of the world population but 20% of the prison population[1]. If the soluti
by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
We have one of highest (or the highest) incarceration rates in the world, we have 4% of the world population but 20% of the prison population[1].
If the solution was putting people in jail then we'd have the lowest rate, so it's gotta be something else
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_United_States_incarceration_rate_with_other_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_United_States_in...
- ajhurliman 4y agoWe have a pretty low rate of disappearing people, compared to China, Russia, etc. which might explain the prison situation.
- e_i_pi_2 4y agoPossibly, but you'd need some big evidence for that, it would need to be a huge population that was hidden from the world in order to make up for the difference. Population stats are pretty hard to hide, so "disappeared" people would count towards the incarceration stats This is also compared to every other country, so to explain the discrepancy then it would have to be something every country does more than the US
- Georgelemental 4y agoPutting killers in jail is working wonders for El Salvador, they went from highest murder rate in the world to safer than US in a few years.