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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by JonoBB on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @03:48AM (#16636253)
25% of the world's prison population is in the US. For a country that has around 5% of the world's population, that is a staggering amount
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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by vpmpaul on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @10:13AM (#16638119)
Perhaps it has something to do with the individualistic culture that that exists in the US leads to people making risky decisions for personal benefit?
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