mcmur t1_jefu7xb wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:27 PM

Reply to comment by Valbertnie in [OC] The United States Prison Crisis by cbarrettg

Did you miss the part where most people are in the US prison system due to drug related offenses?

Its literally in the chart.

Valbertnie t1_jeg1gdh wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:15 PM

Did you miss the part that this is a chart of Federal Prisons and federal crimes, not state prisons with other crime types? It's literally in the chart.

Do you know the difference between federal crimes and state crimes? Focusing on federal crimes and prisons without looking at state prisons and convictions is only giving a small portion of the big picture.

mcmur t1_jeh18yn wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:26 PM

So you’re telling me there are hundreds of thousands more people locked up in prison for victimless offences and that this is only a “small portion” (your words) of folks locked up in the US prison system?

And you think that’s a good thing? The US locks more people for then any other country on earth by a long shot including the Soviet Union at its height.

Ok enjoy lol.