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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere Are All Of The Nations That Incarcerate More Of Their Population Than The U.S.
No country incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than the United States. At 716 per 100,000 people, according to the International Centre for Prison Studies, the U.S. tops every other nation in the world.MORE:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/incarceration-rate-per-capita_n_3745291.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)malthaussen
(17,065 posts)... but not the UK itself. Interesting.
-- Mal
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)which means it doesn't take many incarcerations to bump up the rate per 100K.
RC
(25,592 posts)And as is the case here, non-whites make up the majority of those incarcerated, even though whites make up the majority of the population at large.
JBoy
(8,021 posts)Not sure where you're getting your figures, and what you mean by "offenders". The study looks at prison population.
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)Canada's not so slap-happy about imprisoning minor offenders.
In 2010/2011, there were, on average, about 163,000 adult offenders (18 years or over) in Canadas correctional system on any given day (Table 1).4 Although the number of offenders was about 950 more than in 2009/2010, after controlling for population changes, the rate (616 offenders per 100,000 adults) was about 1% lower than the previous year.5 The rate of adults under correctional supervision was nearly 7% lower than a decade ago, with most of the decline occurring between 2002/2003 and 2004/2005 (Chart 1).
The total correctional population consists of offenders who are supervised in the community combined with those in a provincial, territorial or federal custodial facility. As has been the case historically, the majority (77%) of adults under correctional supervision in 2010/2011 were in the community, usually on probation, and about one-quarter (23%) were incarcerated.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Child molesters who got sentences that were too short, now living near a school somewhere.
War criminals, from W., Cheney, on down to the Blackwater thugs, still walking free.
That's one of the biggest problems. We imprison people for the damnedest minor things and we let some of the worst types of criminals walk free. We also imprison FAR TOO MANY people who merely enjoyed what Nature has to offer. Heaven help some poor black guy who happened to be the closest black guy to a racist cop after that cop sees some crime has happened.
Add to all that, prison in America is a money making industry.
markiv
(1,489 posts)to maintain our leadership in incarceration
the threat from st kitts and seychilles cannot be underestimated
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Go Vols
(5,902 posts)get involved in cases involving "low-level, nonviolent drug offenders". They leave those to the state.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)is a step in the right direction.
demwing
(16,916 posts)but they kill people that the US would only send to jail
okieinpain
(9,397 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Labor camps should be included in incarceration statistics.
okieinpain
(9,397 posts)giving them jail time. lol.
demwing
(16,916 posts)all over again
mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)at coming up with innovative business models.