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PufPuf23

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14. The USA has the highest rate of incarnation of any country in the World
Fri May 24, 2019, 10:43 AM
May 2019


In September 2013, the incarceration rate of the United States of America was the highest in the world, at 716 per 100,000 of the national population. While the United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, it houses around 22 percent of the world's prisoners.[1] Corrections (which includes prisons, jails, probation, and parole) cost around $74 billion in 2007 according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.[2][3]

At the end of 2016, the Prison Policy Initiative estimated that in the United States, about 2,298,300 people were incarcerated out of a population of 324.2 million. This means that 0.7% of the population was behind bars. Of those who were incarcerated, about 1,316,000 people were in state prison, 615,000 in local jails, 225,000 in federal prisons, 48,000 in youth correctional facilities, 34,000 in immigration detention camps, 22,000 in involuntary commitment, 11,000 in territorial prisons, 2,500 in Indian Country jails, and 1,300 in United States military prisons.[4]

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Comparing some countries with similar percentages of immigrants, Germany has an incarceration rate of 76 per 100,000 population (as of 2014),[25] Italy is 85 per 100,000 (as of 2015),[26] and Saudi Arabia is 161 per 100,000 (as of 2013).[27] Comparing other countries with a zero tolerance policy for illegal drugs, the rate of Russia is 455 per 100,000 (as of 2015),[28] Kazakhstan is 275 per 100,000 (as of 2015),[29] Singapore is 220 per 100,000 (as of 2014),[30] and Sweden is 60 per 100,000 (as of 2014).[31]

Would be the collapse of the union standingtall May 2019 #1
I think if Rump's feeling enough heat & Barr spins up quasi indictments that pass the mouth-breather Celerity May 2019 #29
You know winetourdriver01 May 2019 #2
And they would still be in jail? kentuck May 2019 #7
If? did someone say IF? Eliot Rosewater May 2019 #28
Because we believe it couldn't happen here? Hortensis May 2019 #39
No probable cause for anything? RT Atlanta May 2019 #3
The USA has the highest rate of incarnation of any country in the World PufPuf23 May 2019 #14
terrible and embarrassing stat RT Atlanta May 2019 #15
Damn ... uponit7771 May 2019 #17
That assumes Barr still follows the Constitution. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2019 #19
Tens of millions would march on Washington. democratisphere May 2019 #4
And then what? Wednesdays May 2019 #38
No, they would not. Pretty sure stopping that nonsense Hortensis May 2019 #41
protest the rw radio stations and universities that support them and republicans will fall apart certainot May 2019 #43
Right now, the DOJ lawyers would probably refuse to do it. marylandblue May 2019 #5
Well I don't think we have seen the depths to which MontanaMama May 2019 #6
I keep hoping Cohen was hyperbolic. Ilsa May 2019 #11
And Cohen knows Trump well. People take heed! triron May 2019 #23
Barr would be made to be afraid if he went that far, Ilsa May 2019 #8
Also he might be afraid to go home if that were to happen standingtall May 2019 #12
when you have the president, the entire judicial department and the senate majority on your side... spanone May 2019 #32
This: CrispyQ May 2019 #37
Yep. Ilsa May 2019 #40
We were in the streets protesting Nixon for far less than what Jarqui May 2019 #9
I think the ground-reaction to the anti-abortion laws is instructive ChicagoRonin May 2019 #10
I agree, the names mentioned are too high profile, watoos May 2019 #13
Habeas Corpus EffieBlack May 2019 #16
Mueller is not "set to testify", not yet. 4139 May 2019 #18
What Mueller has to say poses a threat to Barr and Trump..... ProudMNDemocrat May 2019 #20
Barr's job is to politically damage and harass Trump's opponents, not to jail them. Freethinker65 May 2019 #21
I do NOT trust Barr for a s far as I can throw him...... ProudMNDemocrat May 2019 #24
I've never found an indication they would have support of the military. Hortensis May 2019 #22
Do you think the CIA will go along with this bullshit? triron May 2019 #26
Or many in the 2naSalit May 2019 #31
The Republicans are now employing a range of obviously hostile, Hortensis May 2019 #44
What a sickening trio smirkymonkey May 2019 #45
Scary. Extremist conspirators congratulating themselves. Hortensis May 2019 #46
Without cause, no judge would support it. CaptainTruth May 2019 #25
I don't know about arresting anyone blueinredohio May 2019 #27
+1 2naSalit May 2019 #33
I dare him...no malaise May 2019 #30
If Trump should tell Barr..."Arrest them"..... ProudMNDemocrat May 2019 #34
I would dismiss this but it is Trump we are talking about Buckeyeblue May 2019 #35
What's to stop him from declassifying things from the Obama admin? CrispyQ May 2019 #36
Far fetched, this is EXACTLY what trumps kacekwl May 2019 #42
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