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re: Prison Population Timeline in the US
Posted on 9/20/17 at 10:08 pm to funnystuff
Posted on 9/20/17 at 10:08 pm to funnystuff
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700% jump doesn't seem that big?
And clearly the bigger issue is the spike in the rate of increase around 1980. It would be one thing if that 700% increase happened in a pure linear trend, but virtually all of those gains occurred in the last 30-40 years. It sure seems significant
Graph looks about like the national debt graph. We don't worry about the debt graph, so why worry about the prison graph?
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Posted on 9/20/17 at 10:16 pm to i am dan
A) we absolutely worry about the national debt
B) the national debt has been steadily climbing since WW2, the drastic jump in incarceration has occurred in the last 30 years. it's a much more modern innovation
B) the national debt has been steadily climbing since WW2, the drastic jump in incarceration has occurred in the last 30 years. it's a much more modern innovation
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