points by Windchaser 1 day ago | 0 comments
> it seems pretty close to police state levels of power, corruption and control.
And: which country has the highest incarceration rate in the world?
[–] technothrasher 1 day ago
[–] atmavatar 1 day ago
In terms of absolute number of incarcerated persons, though, the US is ahead of everyone else by a country mile. Depending on which inmate pools you include or exclude, the US holds 20-25% of all incarcerated persons in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_St...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_ra...
[–] wallst07 18 hours ago
Yes and if you look those rates have been going down for years. This used to be a big talking point years ago, not so much anymore.
[–] yeetawayhn 1 day ago
> In terms of absolute number of incarcerated persons, though
They weren't asking about absolute numbers, though
>which country has the highest incarceration rate in the world?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera...