The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 months agoPrison population by country (per 100,000 people)lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down19
arrow-up1128arrow-down1external-linkPrison population by country (per 100,000 people)lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareNaiveBayesian@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-27 months agoAlmost 1% of US Americans are in prison? That sounds crazy high! Edit: More recent data suggest it’s around 531per 100,000 for the USA (https://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison_population_rate?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All), so more like 0.5%
Almost 1% of US Americans are in prison? That sounds crazy high!
Edit: More recent data suggest it’s around 531per 100,000 for the USA (https://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison_population_rate?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All), so more like 0.5%