And lest you think that perhaps we imprison so many people out of necessity, the following chart should shock you:
Sure, we're killing and stealing less, but little things like that won't stop the government from finding reasons to lock people up.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Land of the Mostly Free
Some interesting charts from the Center for Economic and Policy Research on the incarceration rate in the US compared to other countries:
And lest you think that perhaps we imprison so many people out of necessity, the following chart should shock you:
Sure, we're killing and stealing less, but little things like that won't stop the government from finding reasons to lock people up.
And lest you think that perhaps we imprison so many people out of necessity, the following chart should shock you:
Sure, we're killing and stealing less, but little things like that won't stop the government from finding reasons to lock people up.
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Hi mister.
ReplyDeleteThomh from the you-know-what-forum here. "Sadly" I don`t disagree with many of your posts on this blog:)
Do you have any idea why you have so many incarcerations in the US compared to my neighbouring countries and ourselves? I honestly don`t get it and it looks like a huge money sink to me.