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Grass8989 t1_ivh0q3f wrote

Reply to comment by justaguy891 in Left Unmonitored In His Cell, He Etched His Suicide Note Into a Wall On Rikers Island by hau5keeping

We also just simply have more people that break the law, tell me any other first world country where you can shoplift 100 times and still be walking the streets. I can promise you in Japan, for example, that would not be the case.

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justaguy891 t1_ivh5x2c wrote

You know what's funny is allegedly "authoritarian" countries that have 4x our population, have less prisoners.

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Grass8989 t1_ivhpxpo wrote

It’s definitely not because they’re “softer on crime”. Japan has extremely strict drug laws, for example. Mere possession, even in small amounts, usually leads to years of jail time. Something that here you would even be bothered for.

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