Mass incarceration: A new theory for why so many Americans are in prison

Re:Mass incarceration: A new theory for why so many American... by happyscrappy on Friday October 02, 2015 @08:14AM (#10317969)

The private prison meme is far larger than the actual number, which is eight percent. Elsewhere in this people are asking how much of US manufacturing is from prison labor, I doubt it is large enough to accurately measure.

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Re:Mass incarceration: A new theory for why so many American... by spacemanmatt on Friday October 02, 2015 @08:39AM (#10318071)

Just how large is the meme, in units that can be reasonably compared to the percent of prisoners in privately-owned prisons?

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Re:Mass incarceration: A new theory for why so many American... by happyscrappy on Friday October 02, 2015 @09:20AM (#10318295)

Don't impugn the ACLU with your lack of understanding of how percentages work.

Edit: LesZedCB just deleted his comment where he adds two different percentage groups from the ACLU site.

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Re:Mass incarceration: A new theory for why so many American... by happyscrappy on Friday October 02, 2015 @08:56AM (#10318138)

Someone would have to do a survey but I would guess that 90% of Europeans buy into it. Of course they also believe that they will be carjacked if they come to the US so I don't think their opinions are useful.

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