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Interesting read indeed. Legolas Send a noteboard - 30/06/2020 08:29:53 PM

View original postTwo things that jumped out at me:


View original postthat drug offenses make up only about 20% of the total


View original postthe sheer number of people in various jails who have yet to be convicted of any crime.


View original postThe 5 myths about incarceration was also interesting.

For me a third big point was the one about all the people either in jail/prison or out but strongly disadvantaged on account of the parole/probation requirements. Plus the insanity of the bail system and the way poor people's lives can be ruined by being unable to post bail for some relatively minor offense, while a rich person who's done the exact same thing can just shrug it off. Seems to me like the decision of whether or not to incarcerate you in advance of your trial should be based only on whether the judge figures there's a flight risk, not on how fat your wallet is.
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Indians are being held up as a model minority. That's not helping the Black Lives Matter movement - 29/06/2020 06:59:25 PM 1101 Views
As part of the "model" minority - 29/06/2020 08:18:17 PM 607 Views
How have you failed? - 29/06/2020 10:31:17 PM 593 Views
I still don't do enough. Silence and inaction are failure enough - 30/06/2020 03:29:29 AM 592 Views
I have to be honest, the privilege argument is dubious. - 30/06/2020 04:19:42 AM 683 Views
Re: I have to be honest, the privilege argument is dubious. - 30/06/2020 05:39:30 AM 715 Views
Here you go, you can also look up the raw census data - 30/06/2020 01:40:24 PM 636 Views
Some thoughts... - 30/06/2020 06:19:28 AM 558 Views
Re: Some thoughts... - 30/06/2020 02:08:10 PM 580 Views
I'm actually *very* curious of this myself.... - 30/06/2020 04:54:48 PM 551 Views
Maybe Canada. *NM* - 30/06/2020 06:57:01 PM 269 Views
Canada seems to have the same racial income gap issues as the US - 30/06/2020 07:29:21 PM 738 Views
Yeah I wouldn't write off Europe - 30/06/2020 11:49:32 PM 629 Views
here is an interesting article on mass incarceration in the USA. - 30/06/2020 02:30:09 PM 642 Views
Wow, good stuff, thanks for posting! *NM* - 30/06/2020 02:57:08 PM 273 Views
Interesting read indeed. - 30/06/2020 08:29:53 PM 584 Views
Not just a rich person - 30/06/2020 08:51:44 PM 549 Views
I have three anecdatas - 30/06/2020 09:23:10 PM 591 Views
Okay... this is just like old times, when I'd often have no idea what you were getting at. - 30/06/2020 09:49:03 PM 559 Views
Old timez - 30/06/2020 10:02:10 PM 577 Views
The Jury Trial - 30/06/2020 11:51:54 PM 563 Views
It’s easy to understand why. - 01/07/2020 12:09:44 AM 533 Views
There's more - 01/07/2020 12:55:57 AM 557 Views
I agree - 01/07/2020 02:04:50 AM 583 Views
Re: I agree - 01/07/2020 02:09:14 AM 619 Views
Guilt doesn't have much to do with it... - 01/07/2020 03:51:05 AM 558 Views
Yes, I’m sure that has a lot to do with it. - 01/07/2020 03:52:15 AM 542 Views
Oh god yes, I've heard of several instances of that - 01/07/2020 03:49:42 AM 572 Views
So you see that compassionate conservatives can exist? We aren’t mythical creatures? *NM* - 01/07/2020 03:55:45 AM 267 Views
I sincerely hope you aren't serious about this... - 01/07/2020 04:01:57 AM 604 Views
It was a little tongue in cheek - 01/07/2020 04:20:08 AM 583 Views
Re: It was a little tongue in cheek - 01/07/2020 06:23:20 AM 549 Views
a couple of points - 01/07/2020 07:42:32 PM 579 Views
What do you know about Biden's health that we don't know? *NM* - 01/07/2020 08:53:45 PM 291 Views
Re: a couple of points - 01/07/2020 10:05:08 PM 562 Views
Mook - Fionwe is a radical. You are not. - 01/07/2020 04:33:45 PM 578 Views
yes I suppose it was a foolish comment. - 01/07/2020 05:44:05 PM 567 Views
I'm honestly not sure if.you even meant it... - 01/07/2020 07:38:26 PM 556 Views
I kind of did when I wrote it, lame as it sounds now. - 01/07/2020 07:51:21 PM 535 Views
We've found plenty of common ground - 01/07/2020 10:06:19 PM 607 Views
Part of real common ground, real synchronization - 01/07/2020 11:43:49 PM 531 Views
It amuses me... - 01/07/2020 07:03:43 PM 566 Views
You're welcome. Come again. XOXO - 01/07/2020 07:05:11 PM 540 Views
Aww - 01/07/2020 07:36:55 PM 545 Views
Sweetie, we can always zhuzz it up! First we need some more glitter. - 01/07/2020 07:39:42 PM 515 Views
Waterloo seems the most appropriate for the moment... - 01/07/2020 10:01:33 PM 582 Views
No, darling. We're playing Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - 02/07/2020 05:25:07 PM 549 Views
On drug based incarcerations... - 01/07/2020 12:01:40 AM 528 Views
"most on nonviolent drug charges" - 30/06/2020 09:25:09 PM 560 Views
This White/Non-White Binary choice is simplistic. And leaves no room for nuance. - 01/07/2020 03:46:17 PM 571 Views
Absolutely right, I read an interesting article on this a while ago. - 01/07/2020 10:58:59 PM 593 Views
You have a binary choice... - 02/07/2020 12:10:49 AM 526 Views
Found the article (or at least something similar). - 01/07/2020 11:04:53 PM 549 Views

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