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bobclark86

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18. 700 what? N/T

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 11:42 AM

Mar 2013

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Do I really need to write something clever here, or is this enough? [View all] Scuba Mar 2013 OP

Land of the free... JaneyVee Mar 2013 #1

Home of the slave... R. Daneel Olivaw Mar 2013 #22

Home of the brave ... GeorgeGist Mar 2013 #2

700 what? N/T bobclark86 Mar 2013 #18

I'm pretty sure it's billion per annum and that's a low ball figure. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #23

2010 defense budget... nt Earth_First Mar 2013 #29

the graphic is enough niyad Mar 2013 #3

two lovely graphs on this thread. Sheepshank Mar 2013 #4

Oh no...France is at the bottom of the list. zeemike Mar 2013 #5

China looks to be catching up... we should fix that Recursion Mar 2013 #6

And China's population is much greater than ours. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #8

That was the first thing I thought too, then I thought Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #9

Could be. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #37

China would have to be Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #39

For all we know, that could be possible. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #50

You know wat makes it all even more egregious? GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #11

I saw that, and had to shut my brain off Recursion Mar 2013 #12

So wait... Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #41

??? GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #44

lol thanks Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #47

The story of my life. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #48

Maybe China's prisons are significantly less pleasant than ours kudzu22 Mar 2013 #49

China Has 4 times our population Demeter Mar 2013 #15

This would be more helpful if it included the ratio of total population to prisoner population. nt snappyturtle Mar 2013 #7

Yes comparison of per capita rate would be much better I just did a couple HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #14

Yes!! that's very helpful. Thank you. nt snappyturtle Mar 2013 #30

Wooot! USA! USA! USA! MynameisBlarney Mar 2013 #10

I think per capita statistics would be enlightening, too. Maybe more enlightening. sadbear Mar 2013 #13

How about this Purplehazed Mar 2013 #16

That spike also aligns with the spread of private prisons. Scuba Mar 2013 #17

Let the pot sellers and smokers out ...and quit joining the military. n/t L0oniX Mar 2013 #19

Here are some normalized to population caraher Mar 2013 #20

We're Number One! We're Number One! We're Number One! grantcart Mar 2013 #21

Land of the Free? Bohemianwriter Mar 2013 #24

Exactly. JaneyVee Mar 2013 #25

I'm going to draft a freedom to garden petition. Blanks Mar 2013 #40

And China's population is four times the US malaise Mar 2013 #26

The non white prison population Brainstormy Mar 2013 #27

Very bad, but in fairness China executes a lot of people... Deep13 Mar 2013 #28

Interesting observation. Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #31

Horrifying situation. I wonder what happened to the lawyer arrested after the interview. snagglepuss Mar 2013 #36

All it needs is a column with population. We have a quarter or third of China's pop, yet valerief Mar 2013 #32

Well come on, it's a Money-Maker! mojowork_n Mar 2013 #33

Promote starving wages, criminalize a medicinal plant, privatize the prison system, indepat Mar 2013 #34

The Netherlands was closing prisons last year RainDog Mar 2013 #35

Enjoy this while you can MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #38

A matter of national security. Blanks Mar 2013 #42

Let's Go To Prison Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #43

I didnt need to know that. I am working on the ignorance is bliss thing. rhett o rick Mar 2013 #45

If you count all those free people behind walls and barbed wire in China lunatica Mar 2013 #46

Needs to be done as a proportion treestar Mar 2013 #51