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2. That's the price of long term draconian policies here in the land of the free.

Thu Oct 10, 2024, 01:10 PM

Oct 2024

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Prisoners in the United States

The United States is home to the largest number of prisoners worldwide. Roughly 1.8 million people were incarcerated in the U.S. at the end of 2023. In China, the estimated prison population totaled to 1.69 million people that year. Other nations had far fewer prisoners.

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https://www.statista.com/statistics/262962/countries-with-the-most-prisoners-per-100-000-inhabitants/#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20is%20home,nations%20had%20far%20fewer%20prisoners.

I believe we could learn much from the enlightened Norway prison system.

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It is a sad truth.... FarPoint Oct 2024 #1

Hmmm. Maybe FEMA needs to go ahead PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2024 #3