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51. Needs to be done as a proportion

Thu Mar 21, 2013, 07:23 PM

Mar 2013

Since the US is third most populous in the world. Very far behind India and China. Which does mean, though, in raw numbers, China having less means it is a lesser proportion of the population.

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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