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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by mcculley on Friday November 18, 2022 @08:43PM (#33665801)
It is generally true that Federal prisons are less unpleasant than state prisons. Federal prisons have people convicted of things like interstate wire fraud. State prisons have most of the rapists and murderers, as these are rarely Federal crimes.
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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by e12e on Saturday November 19, 2022 @07:17AM (#33669468)
> Federal prisons have people convicted of things like interstate wire fraud.

https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offen...

Half are in for drugs, one fifth due to Weapons, Explosives, Arson and one in ten because of sex offenses.

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Re:Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for f... by mcculley on Saturday November 19, 2022 @01:39PM (#33673207)
These ratios are still much better than state prisons. I have visited both kinds.
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