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Re:How corporations buy and food made with prison labor by johannes1234321 on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @08:14AM (#27207515)
> Although there are strong caveats

I guess one also has to look at the sort of crimes and duration of the sentences.

Also somebody who got a death penalty won't come back ...

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Re:How corporations buy and food made with prison labor by pmoriarty on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @11:53AM (#27210355)
"somebody who got a death penalty won't come back"

What percentage of the US prison population is on death row?

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Re:How corporations buy and food made with prison labor by johannes1234321 on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @05:52PM (#27214986)
Of course that was the most extreme example.

Let's compare "lifelong sentence" in Germany you have a high chance to get out after 15 years. (There is a mechanism for true lifelong, but that's then more of a psychiatric treatment than jail)

Point is: Comparing some statistic without context is not easy

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Re:How corporations buy and food made with prison labor by formerly_proven on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @12:19PM (#27210714)
0.1 %
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