This is totally insane. I guess there’s a lot of profit to be made incarcerating citizens, that is the only explication I can come up with (oh, yes, and racially-biased and outrageous mandatory sentencing for minor drug offenses). Welcome back to the Middle Ages (American edition).
Data sources: 2010 OECD World Factbook & USDOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics
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America are fucked up in the head. We love to promote things that are bad for our existance and hate things that will...
hm. wonder if this could possibly mean something.
More information here. Data sources: 2010 OECD World Factbook & USDOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics
Look how pretty Denmark looks there at...bottom of the list :)
the system sucks