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Incarceration in the US

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American exceptionalism?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Incarceration_rates_worldwide.gif

It wasn't always thus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._incarceration_rates_1925_onwards.png


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By: loosechange
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Wed, 11 Jul 12 8:59 AM
Msg. 08956 of 54959

Both. Incarcerating some for minor infractions (only hardens them) when we should be educating/rehabilitating (recitivism). Many mentally impaired with no where else to go.

Also, for hard core premeditated murderers (many ways to "murder" someone), we need to adopt the Chinese policy: "you got 30 days to live, where do you want us to dump your body?"

We need a maximum stay duration on death row. I think the average is 17 years now?

And I consider myself an Independent Centrist.


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