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Re:The Caging of America by sliverstorm on Sunday March 11, 2012 @07:26PM (#3691614)
Your parent is objecting to what would appear to be intentional manipulation & misrepresentation of numbers, not accidental overlooking.

Most people reading the article will assume the 6M people are in a prison. Odds are this misconception is intended by the author.

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Re:The Caging of America by bobwaycott on Sunday March 11, 2012 @09:05PM (#3691892)
Be careful with "most people" comments. I read the article and did not at any point assume the figure meant # of persons in a prison.

Correctional supervision stood out as not meaning incarceration.

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Re:The Caging of America by m0th87 on Sunday March 11, 2012 @07:39PM (#3691644)
Apologies, I misinterpreted - so the 4M are a subset of the 6M supposedly in prison. This is a fair criticism.
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