odd... but true

[Codename 47]

i read this fact that 1 out of every 32 adults have spent time in jail, kinda crazy

 

[Shannon]

 

 

[whitez]

i know that some of my uncles have spent in jail

 

[Codename 47]

lol

 

[made in holland]

my father spend one night in jail
For stealing a Dutch flag when he and his army-buddies were unbelievably drunk

 

[Talentless]

something fishy about that stat. over what period of time? around the world or in the US?

 

[Talentless]

hush, holland, i chat with this brit that hates our military and probably wishes the states would sink. i must not learn of anything that contradicts an image of absolute profesionalism by other military forces. please don't shatter my mind's perceptions.

 

[made in holland]

sorry Talentless, won't do it again

But it happened in 1975. Long time ago.

 

[1X83Z]

U.S. only, I heard it, too (same report that our prisons are overcrowded).

 

[Codename 47]

ya U.S dude in other countries, you dont have the luxuary of being able to kill shoot and go on rampages and only end up with time in jail... lol, other countries the shoot you on the spot

 

[vat_man]

Well, here's some nice stats for you.

The US prison population (as in currently in jail) around 2 million people. It has nearly tripled over the last 17 years. It is around a quarter of the global prison population.

That works out to around 470 prison inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents -- up from 292 at yearend 1990.

Around 1.3 million of these people are incarcerated for non-violent offences, many as a result of the 'three strikes and you're out' policy.

At yearend 2001 there were 3,535 sentenced black male prisoners per 100,000 black males in the United States, compared to 1,177 sentenced Hispanic male inmates per 100,000 Hispanic males and 462 white male inmates per 100,000 white males.

I'd criticise on the last point but Australia has the same appalling over-representation of Aboriginals in our prison population.

Scary, isn't it?

 

[1X83Z]

No, none of that is scary.

 

[Sk8rKiD]

They keep wastin their jail cells on people for skateboarding instead of people who commit mass murder...Pigs