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Valbertnie t1_jed4rur wrote

Reply to comment by mcmur in [OC] The United States Prison Crisis by cbarrettg

Do you want violent gang members to live next door to you? What about sex offenders and murderers?

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mcmur t1_jefu7xb wrote

Did you miss the part where most people are in the US prison system due to drug related offenses?

Its literally in the chart.

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Valbertnie t1_jeg1gdh wrote

Did you miss the part that this is a chart of Federal Prisons and federal crimes, not state prisons with other crime types? It's literally in the chart.

Do you know the difference between federal crimes and state crimes? Focusing on federal crimes and prisons without looking at state prisons and convictions is only giving a small portion of the big picture.

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mcmur t1_jeh18yn wrote

So you’re telling me there are hundreds of thousands more people locked up in prison for victimless offences and that this is only a “small portion” (your words) of folks locked up in the US prison system?

And you think that’s a good thing? The US locks more people for then any other country on earth by a long shot including the Soviet Union at its height.

Ok enjoy lol.

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