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Incarceration in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world (743 per 100,000 population), Russia has the second highest rate (577 per 100,000), followed by Rwanda (561 per 100,000).[8] As of year-end 2009 the USA rate was 743 adults incarcerated in prisons and jails per 100,000 population.[5][8] At year-end 2007 the United States had less than 5% of the world's population[32] and 23.4% of the world's prison and jail population (adult inmates).[9]
It does not appear that our justice system is working. Build more prisons!
Funny you should mention these other countries.
First, what makes you think those numbers are accurate? Second, China has one the worst records on human rights... I see that country is missing for your list.
I can tell you why places such as Russia and China are do not appear on you list.
Because they don't coddle their worst offenders with prison. They execute them.
I don't know about you, but count me out for executing non-violent drug users.
WHAT?....Your inability to be truthful is evident with that post.We have more people in prison than any other nation on earth. Mostly because of archaic drug laws that do not work
As a taxpayer, I am tired of paying to keep nonviolent offenders in prison. Time to start asking....is that really where they belong?
that is because other nations execute their criminals, especially murderers, the U.S. with our constant never ending appeals process will allow for more criminals in prison and fewer taking the "dirt nap".
We are one of the only first-world countries in the world with the death penalty.
Your post is the opposite of true.
Then the RWNs will put them back in jail when they get the WH .. Oh yeah, they aren't going to get the WH ever again.
I guess you have little knowledge of the action of a pardon. The only way they will go back to jail is if they commit another crime and are convicted of such. The RW has no say in it whatsoever.
Don't underestimate Russia.Yeah Oblama is really gutting the military......
US Navy Electromagnetic Rail Gun Is Absurdly Powerful
US Navy Electromagnetic Rail Gun Is Absurdly Powerful
where are the Ruskies and Chinese electromagnetic rail guns?
Imbeciles...'equality' is a contrived myth, the main problem being that people are UNEQUAL
You refuse to address the problem of what to do with convicted felons if prison is no longer an option.We don't have the money for education or healthcare.........but we always find the money for more prisons
A 2008 New York Times article[38] points out:
Still, it is the length of sentences that truly distinguishes American prison policy. Indeed, the mere number of sentences imposed here would not place the United States at the top of the incarceration lists. If lists were compiled based on annual admissions to prison per capita, several European countries would outpace the United States. But American prison stays are much longer, so the total incarceration rate is higher. "Rises and falls in Canada's crime rate have closely paralleled America's for 40 years," Mr. Tonry wrote last year. "But its imprisonment rate has remained stable."
just think how much money we could save if we brought back the whipping post and the stocks. No need for any prisons at all
first offense------10 lashes and 24 hours in the stocks
second offense-----100 lashes and a week in the stocks
third offense------bullet in the brain.
no prisons, very low crime rate, billions saved. Ready RW?
Or even better
We can put an end to those stupid "Three Strikes" rules
Three strikes at a minor offense is still a minor offense
It is us taxpayers who are paying to keep these guys in prison. There are much better ways to spend our tax dollars
that must be why they wanted more gun control on the people
they plan on unleashing 1000 of criminals on you and where you live
this administration is evil
just think how much money we could save if we brought back the whipping post and the stocks. No need for any prisons at all
first offense------10 lashes and 24 hours in the stocks
second offense-----100 lashes and a week in the stocks
third offense------bullet in the brain.
no prisons, very low crime rate, billions saved. Ready RW?
Or even better
We can put an end to those stupid "Three Strikes" rules
Three strikes at a minor offense is still a minor offense
It is us taxpayers who are paying to keep these guys in prison. There are much better ways to spend our tax dollars
It is ...But as we all know, we cannot stop criminals from committing crimes.
Are you comparing a prison cell block to a college dorm? Like anyone thinks, "Why should I go to college when I can just go to prison?" Rethink that position.You refuse to address the problem of what to do with convicted felons if prison is no longer an option.We don't have the money for education or healthcare.........but we always find the money for more prisons
This is one of these "horse to water" issues.
No matter the process, we either spend a ton of money incarcerating people or we spend a ton of money on trying to educate the unwilling.
The problem is the lack of morality in the criminal mind. A criminal will always BE a criminal.
So whether we throw them into prison or offer them a free college education( which has been suggested and even tried) they will always have a propensity to return to criminal behavior.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/n...pay-for-college-classes-for-inmates.html?_r=0
College behind bars: Cuomo plan expands on programs that give inmates a second chance
I think this is a fairly good idea in theory, but in practice it stinks.
The reason is simple. Let's see, bust your butt scraping together the cash to pay for college, have to hold down a job AND go to school. Or become a criminal, get convicted and receive that education free of charge.
Ok, I'll bite. On one condition. That upon graduation and release from prison, the former inmate pays back EVERY DIME of the cost of the degree.
This way, everybody wins. Deal?
that must be why they wanted more gun control on the people
they plan on unleashing 1000 of criminals on you and where you live
this administration is evil
that must be why they wanted more gun control on the people
they plan on unleashing 1000 of criminals on you and where you live
this administration is evil
No...That's not practical. BY this logic, you advocate thumbing one's nose at the law.Or even better
We can put an end to those stupid "Three Strikes" rules
Three strikes at a minor offense is still a minor offense
It is us taxpayers who are paying to keep these guys in prison. There are much better ways to spend our tax dollars
How many strikes do you propose we give to a repeat offender? 5? 10? 100?
I don't care
5, 10 or a hundred strikes at a minor offense is still a minor offense
I'm guessing it has something to do with our marijuana laws being completely fucking ridiculous and the "State" finally recognizing that. Finally.
Baby steps.
Yup, and the whole ALEC "prisoners for pay" system that has created some serious new wealth in America.
that must be why they wanted more gun control on the people
they plan on unleashing 1000 of criminals on you and where you live
this administration is evil
Then the RWNs will put them back in jail when they get the WH .. Oh yeah, they aren't going to get the WH ever again.
Then the RWNs will put them back in jail when they get the WH .. Oh yeah, they aren't going to get the WH ever again.
Yeah, that's the plan.
If you can't win people over with your ideas create them through dependency.
Or even better
We can put an end to those stupid "Three Strikes" rules
Three strikes at a minor offense is still a minor offense
It is us taxpayers who are paying to keep these guys in prison. There are much better ways to spend our tax dollars
It is ...But as we all know, we cannot stop criminals from committing crimes.
Especially when the drug trade is the only job opportunity in some neighborhoods.
There is no escaping the fact that alcohol, and tobacco are drugs with harmful societal, and individual effects, and should be inclusive to any substance abuse conversation regarding legality.Prisons are for people who hurt other people. And the argument that "dope dealers" contribute to harm is made moot by the existence of the tobacco and liquor industries.
There is no question that unconstrained capitalism inevitably will begin to feed on itself, a circumstance which is plainly manifest in the privatized prison system wherein some judges already have been convicted of accepting bribes to imprison minor offenders who under normal circumstances would not, and should not, have been confined. There is something clearly perverse about deriving a profit by punishing others.
The War on Drugs and its inevitable consequences is and always has been a goddam shame and it is getting worse! What Obama is doing is a good thing but it's taken him long enough to get around to addressing this critical issue.
