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America Has the Highest Incarceration Rate in the World.

 
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America Has the Highest Incarceration Rate in the World.
The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate, and total documented prison population in the world.

As of year-end 2007, a record 7.2 million people were behind bars, on probation or on parole.

Of the total, 2.3 million were incarcerated.

More than 1 in 100 American adults were incarcerated at the start of 2008.

The People's Republic of China ranks second with 1.5 million, while having four times the population, thus having only about 18% per the US incarceration rate.
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China does not have the drug and gang problems we have. It would not be tolerated. Nor are their prisons the country clubs that many of ours are. No weight rooms, they do hard physical labor. No cable TV, no sitting around playing cards or computer games. No anything.

At least half of our prisoners are there for some drug related crime and many are returnees who go in and out of prison so much that they cannot function outside of it and don't want to learn how.
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China does not have the drug and gang problems we have. It would not be tolerated. Nor are their prisons the country clubs that many of ours are. No weight rooms, they do hard physical labor. No cable TV, no sitting around playing cards or computer games. No anything.

At least half of our prisoners are there for some drug related crime and many are returnees who go in and out of prison so much that they cannot function outside of it and don't want to learn how.
 Quoting: anonanon

This could be a deterrent !! China 'selling prisoners' organs' [link to news.bbc.co.uk]
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How free can we really be, if we have the highest incarceration rate in the world?
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You bet when cops throw you in jail just for asking them why they pulled you over
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China does not have the drug and gang problems we have. It would not be tolerated. Nor are their prisons the country clubs that many of ours are. No weight rooms, they do hard physical labor. No cable TV, no sitting around playing cards or computer games. No anything.

At least half of our prisoners are there for some drug related crime and many are returnees who go in and out of prison so much that they cannot function outside of it and don't want to learn how.
 Quoting: anonanon



Country club ??? LOL ...if they are country clubs why dont you get signed up for one LOL


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How free can we be when many people are still being incarcerated for using marijauna as medicine?
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You sure?
What about China or North Korea?
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You sure?
What about China or North Korea?
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The People's Republic of China ranks second with 1.5 million, while having four times the population, thus having only about 18% per the US incarceration rate.

America is also land of the Non-Lethal Taser Gun.

We have the highest Non-Lethal Taser Death Rate in the world.
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America is also land of the Non-Lethal Taser Gun.

We have the highest Non-Lethal Taser Death Rate in the world.
 Quoting: Don't Tase me Bro! 696131


the number of people who died after being struck by Tasers in the USA reached 334 between 2001 and August 2008.
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We also have many private prisons that make profit off of having prisoners.
Can't make profit if there are no prisoners.

I recall a recent story about 2 judges busted taking thousands of dollars in kickbacks to fill the juvenile detention centers.

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How many are out there that have not been caught sending adults to real prison for profit??


Why do we have the Highest Incarceration Rate in the World??
Because people get paid to incarcerate people.
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Its cuz Americans are A Holes.
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So why are not certain people in jail.



Oh yes - their white collar political types.....


Steal $50 go to jail. Embezzle millions - lesiure time golf camp.


Does golf camp count as incarceration?
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How free can we really be, if we have the highest incarceration rate in the world?
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You'll also find that we have the least enforcement of social norms in the formative years. Thank the ACLU and the Dr Spock (the baby doc) crowd for that.
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We also have many private prisons that make profit off of having prisoners.
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Governor of California already said he's going to sell the state prisons. They will soon be privately owned profit generating businesses.
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Propaganda = Drugs, Sex, Rock and Roll to jail= Makes $$$$ =

Propaganda = Drugs, Sex, Rock and Roll to jail= Makes $$$$ =

Propaganda = Drugs, Sex, Rock and Roll to jail= Makes $$$$ =

Propaganda = Drugs, Sex, Rock and Roll to jail= Makes $$$$ =

Propaganda = Drugs, Sex, Rock and Roll to jail= Makes $$$$ =

Propaganda = Drugs, Sex, Rock and Roll to jail= Makes $$$$ =
And there ya have it.
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You'll also find that we have the least enforcement of social norms in the formative years. Thank the ACLU and the Dr Spock (the baby doc) crowd for that.
 Quoting: LURKING


You go to jail if you try to spank your child.
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Some people believe that jails are a country club. Ok then why dont they all sign up for this country club ? Ill tell you why.....because its a real pain in the ass LOL haa haaa


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America is also land of the Non-Lethal Taser Gun.

We have the highest Non-Lethal Taser Death Rate in the world.


the number of people who died after being struck by Tasers in the USA reached 334 between 2001 and August 2008.
 Quoting: Non-Lethal 696131


Taser International produced 15,000 Tasers in 2002, 18,000 tasers in 2003. They have grown every year producing more and more of these non-lethal torture devices.

For the first quarter of 2009 revenues were $24.6 million, an increase of $2.1 million or 9% over the same quarter of the prior year.
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The criminal justice industry is a big money maker. The more prisoners the more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
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Some people believe that jails are a country club. Ok then why dont they all sign up for this country club ?
 Quoting: Spirit * Man ! 661889


Don't forget about all the great country club food. They serve the best Horse-Cock sammiches in town.
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i blame global-warming and high humidity -
the condescention is terrible
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The criminal justice industry is a big money maker. The more prisoners the more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 718212


Hundreds of thousands of these prisoners...are being forced to work for as little as 20¢ an hour, some as low as 75¢ a day!

They produce everything from clothing, eyewear, furniture, electronic cable assemblies, aircraft parts, computer circuit boards, mattresses, printing, data entry, vehicle parts, "shrink-wrap" Microsoft software, meatpacking, telemarketing, and on and on.

The apparel industry has lost 8,000 jobs to the federal prison system alone

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Propaganda = Drugs, Sex, Rock and Roll to jail= Makes $$$$ =
 Quoting: KimmieAnnaJones


Bottom line is this:

If you live in America you are a criminal.

Everybody is a criminal whether they realize it or not.

There are so many laws on the books that nobody truly knows how many laws they are breaking at any given time.

Remember, ignorance of the law is no excuse.

Have you read every law?

Do you know how many laws exist?

Do you know how many new laws are created every year?

There are so many rediculous laws on the books it's mind boggling.
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How many of the incarcerated are illegal aliens?
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There are so many rediculous laws on the books it's mind boggling.
 Quoting: We are all Criminals 696131


...In the state of Alabama, if you put salt on a railroad track, death is the punishment.

Sprinkle pepper or any other spice, though, and you're perfectly alright.

...If you live in Fairbanks, Alaska, forget about feeding booze to a moose, because it's against the law.

Sorry, guys, no more cold ones for Bullwinkle. Guess he can be the designated driver.

...In Tombstone, Arizona, it's illegal for citizens over the age of 18-years-old to have more than one tooth missing when smiling.

Guess nobody who's ever been on the Jerry Springer show will ever be able to live there.

...In Little Rock, Arkansas, any flirtation on city streets between men and women could garner you 30 days in jail.

Are you sure Bill Clinton used to live there?

...In California, which has always been a little bonkers, it's a misdemeanor to shoot at game from a moving vehicle, with the exception of a whale.

Okay, so then it's okay to do a drive-by of a beluga?

...In Colorado (Denver), dog catchers are required, for 3 days straight, to post notifications on trees in the city park and public road running through the park that notifies dogs of impounding.

But what if the dogs are illiterate?

...In some parts of Connecticut, it's illegal for fire trucks to go over 25 mph, at any time.

So those folks in that burning building had just better be patient!

...In Lewes, Delaware, it's unlawful to wear pants with a firm-fitting waist.

Who runs this town, Janice Dickinson?

...In the state of Florida, showering naked is considered to be an offense.

Showering fully clothed, however, is only considered to be idiotic.

...In Georgia, it's against the law to keep a donkey in a bathtub.

Yes, but what if he really reeks?

...In the beautiful state of Hawaii, you are not allowed to put coins in your ears

There goes my magic trick!

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How many of the incarcerated are illegal aliens?
 Quoting: Aquarius 7


Up to a third of the U.S. federal prison population is composed of non-citizens, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons statistics - but not all non-citizen prison inmates are illegal aliens.


One in five in California's prison population were illegal immigrants who had been convicted of a felony after entering the country illegally.
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40% of the people in jail are in there because of weed.
Still doesnt make sense to me why that's illegal but beer and tobacco are legal.
The soy and corn people have some hell good lobbyists is the only explanation
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Alabama:

It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.

It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.

Putting salt on a railway track may be punishable by death.

Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.

You cannot chain your alligator to a fire hydrant.

Peanuts are not allowed to be sold in Lee County, Alabama after sunset on Wednesdays.

You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.

It is legal to drive the wrong way on a one way street if you have a lantern on the front of your car.
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California:

Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.

A city ordinance states that a $500 fine will be given to anyone who detonates a nuclear device within city limits.





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