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Bonobo

(29,257 posts) Tue Jun 25, 2013, 05:44 AM Jun 2013

and then we can start to discuss which country is more "free" or "better".

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Tell me why the US has 5x more prisoners per capita than China [View all] Bonobo Jun 2013 OP

In China, prisoners cost money. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #1

True. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #25

China greatly underreports their incarceration rates. justanidea Jun 2013 #2

Do you have a link that substantiates that? nt Bonobo Jun 2013 #3

Id have to dig for one. justanidea Jun 2013 #11

China's punishment for drug offenders JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #4

All those private prisons need inmates. nt bemildred Jun 2013 #5

There is a crap load of money to be made in the nineteen50 Jun 2013 #17

All of those multinational companies need cheap prison labor too. stillwaiting Jun 2013 #23

China has less crime? Also, they put political dissidents geek tragedy Jun 2013 #6

What is China's execution rate compared to ours? randome Jun 2013 #7

See up thread JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #8

The number of executions in China is a state secret Progressive dog Jun 2013 #31

The prison system in the US is becoming more and more avebury Jun 2013 #10

Randome Squatchr Jun 2013 #12

Private prisons are profitable for $2,000 Alex malaise Jun 2013 #13

True and China has the highest rate of executions in the world. maddezmom Jun 2013 #16

Because we are Five Times as Free? panzerfaust Jun 2013 #14

Short answer: for-profit law enforcement. MindPilot Jun 2013 #15

China threatens death penalty for serious polluters ProSense Jun 2013 #19

How dare you make a blue link to prove something! treestar Jun 2013 #30

It's the war on education Tgmr55 Jun 2013 #20

The New Jim Crow. The school-to-prison pipeline Cal Carpenter Jun 2013 #21

They are much more generous with death for lesser crimes. berni_mccoy Jun 2013 #24

Excellent point treestar Jun 2013 #29

It would be a lot more complex than that treestar Jun 2013 #28

What happened around 1978? Soundman Jun 2013 #33