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Re:Launch HN: 70MillionJobs (YC S17) – Job board for people ... by chris_wot on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @03:51PM (#14914006)
Not everyone in prison is there because of violent crime.
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Re:Launch HN: 70MillionJobs (YC S17) – Job board for people ... by dmoy on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @04:19PM (#14914212)
Even stronger - the majority of people in prison are not there because of violent crime.
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Re:Launch HN: 70MillionJobs (YC S17) – Job board for people ... by jopsen on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @10:22PM (#14916465)
Be careful about making the incarceration debate a non-violent offender issue.

The issue is more complicated: plea bargains, additive sentencing, predatory prosecution, lack of public defense, and many issues..

You Americans have a lot of things to fix, there is no simple solution.

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Re:Launch HN: 70MillionJobs (YC S17) – Job board for people ... by openasocket on Thursday August 03, 2017 @12:18AM (#14916927)
I don't think that's true: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/26/16008508/m... contains the statistic that 52.9% of state prisoners in the US are in there for a violent crime
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