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Most people in prison have not killed another person, or even committed physical violence against another person. Many used to be those kids who grew up without
by fwip 3y ago
Most people in prison have not killed another person, or even committed physical violence against another person. Many used to be those kids who grew up without a good safety net or family life, or adults who became homeless or addicted to drugs.
Here are the stats for federal prisoners: https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offenses.jsp https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offen...
- gustavus 3y agoI mean not to argue against your point, but Federal prisoners are generally not going to have committed violent crimes as those kind of crimes are the purview of the state and lead to state incarceration not federal.
- fwip 3y agoAh, good point! Indeed, when I pull up state-level prison data, it appears that closer to 2/3rds of current prisoners in state prison were convicted of violent felonies.