Does the U.S. have more people incarcerated than China?

LTC Ed Ross — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:12:53 -0400

Bernie Sanders says more people are incarcerated in the U.S. than in China. How do you think he knows that? You can't believe any stats the Chinese publicize. I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in China. The Chinese execute and incarcerate far more people than we do.

Response by SGT David T. made Sep 14 at 2015 1:18 PM

SGT David T. — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:18:50 -0400

Moral of the story is that when politicians speak it should be interpreted as the teacher from the Charlie Brown cartoons.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Sep 14 at 2015 1:31 PM

Capt Seid Waddell — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:31:16 -0400

http://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison-population-total?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All&=Apply

Response by SN Greg Wright made Sep 14 at 2015 1:59 PM

SN Greg Wright — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 13:59:26 -0400

LTC Ed Ross It's a simple (and sad) fact that the one of the last few things that the US is #1 in these days is the percentage of it's adult population incarcerated.

http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2012/us-incarceration.aspx

Response by LTC Trent Klug made Sep 15 at 2015 1:57 AM

LTC Trent Klug — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 01:57:28 -0400

Our numbers are transparent and accurate. Funny how a country the killed over 60 millioon of its own citizens from WW2' through the end of the cultural revolution would be lionized by a socialist in the US Senate. Calling Captain Reneault! Bring me my shocked face!

Response by CPL LaForest Gray made Jul 25 at 2021 6:55 PM

CPL LaForest Gray — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:55:25 -0400

https://youtu.be/kHzLtjR_hdY

Why America Throws the Poor in Prison

America built mass incarceration: the wholesale imprisonment of entire populations. Why, exactly, are so many people in prison – more than the entire populat...

Response by CPL LaForest Gray made Jul 25 at 2021 6:56 PM

CPL LaForest Gray — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:56:33 -0400

Prison labor and modern slavery

SOURCE :

https://www.freedomunited.org/prison-labor-and-modern-slavery/

End slavery in the U.S. prison and detention industry

SOURCE :

https://www.freedomunited.org/prison-labor-and-modern-slavery/

April 26, 2017
Legalized Slavery in the United States Implemented Through the “Justice” System

by Courtney McGinn, an LLM student at Texas Law, concentrating in Human Rights and Comparative Constitutional Law, and member of the 2016-2017 Working Paper Series Editorial Committee.

SOURCE :

https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/projects/legalized-slavery-in-the-united-states-implemented-through-the-justice-system/

Democrats introduce legislation to strike slavery exception in 13th Amendment
Tal Axelrod
12/2/2020

SOURCE :

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-introduce-legislation-to-strike-slavery-exception-in-13th-amendment/ar-BB1bzvfy?ocid=sf

Prison labor and modern slavery

Not all prison labor is forced labor, but the setting involves unique modern slavery risks because of its inherent power imbalance and because those incarcerated...

Response by CPL LaForest Gray made Jul 25 at 2021 6:59 PM

CPL LaForest Gray — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:59:08 -0400

The funding of Prisons vs Schools :

1.) The states that spend more money on prisoners than college students
By Christopher Ingraham
July 7, 2016 at 9:40 AM

“Prison spending is still a fraction of overall pre-K through 12 education spending: States spend $71 billion on prisons and $534 billion on schools each year. But that combined state and local prison budget is now over an eighth the size of the school budget.Jul 7, 2016”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/http://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/07/the-states-that-spend-more-money-on-prisoners-than-college-students/

2.) Education vs prison costs
http://money.cnn.com/infographic/economy/education-vs-prison-costs/

3.) Report: Increases in Spending on Corrections Far Outpace Education
https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/report-increases-spending-corrections-far-outpace-education

Redirect Notice

Response by CPL LaForest Gray made Jul 25 at 2021 7:16 PM

CPL LaForest Gray — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 19:16:46 -0400

https://youtu.be/WNhlXUBNJPE

Why The US Prison System Is The Worst In The Developed World

The US incarcerates more people - both per capita and by sheer numbers - than any other nation on earth. Our prisons are inhumane hellholes, and private pris...