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by missedthecue
1466 days ago
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Of course, rapes aren't the only crime that goes unpunished in certain parts of the world. Half of my family is from the African country of Liberia. Google tells me their incarceration rate is 1/10th of the US. I don't know what to tell you if you think the crime rate there is 1/10 of the US. |
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From what I understand it's not so much the amount of crime, but the duration of the punishment that causes the US problem.
Most justice-involved people in the U.S. are not accused of serious crimes; more often, they are charged with misdemeanors or non-criminal violations. Yet even low-level offenses, like technical violations of probation and parole, can lead to incarceration and other serious consequences.
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2022.html