Origanalist
06-17-2016, 06:50 AM
Updated by Katherine Hicks on June 16, 2016, 3:50 p.m. ET @kt_hix katherine.hicks@vox.com
A Prison Policy Initiative study showed that the United States’ incarceration rate is literally off the charts when compared with other countries.
The United States’ incarceration rate, which currently stands at 693 for every 100,000 people, far exceeds all other "stable, internally secure, industrialized nations," PPI said in the report. As Vox’s Dara Lind recently pointed out, the rate of incarceration in the United States is drastically higher today than it has ever been.
PPI’s report, published Thursday, shows the rate in the US is five to 10 times that of other NATO countries. To compare, the country with the second highest rate among NATO members is the United Kingdom, which incarcerates 145 per 100,000 people.
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PPI also released a graph comparing state incarceration rates with national statistics as a whole. Incarceration rates were higher than the national average in 22 states. Eleven states stood between the US national average and the second-highest country on the list, Turkmenistan.
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Turkmenistan has an authoritarian government whose human rights record has been criticized by the US State Department, but, as shown above, the District of Columbia alone has an incarceration rate that more than doubles that of the Middle Eastern country.
continued with video at link..http://www.vox.com/2016/6/16/11955484/mass-incarceration-stat
A Prison Policy Initiative study showed that the United States’ incarceration rate is literally off the charts when compared with other countries.
The United States’ incarceration rate, which currently stands at 693 for every 100,000 people, far exceeds all other "stable, internally secure, industrialized nations," PPI said in the report. As Vox’s Dara Lind recently pointed out, the rate of incarceration in the United States is drastically higher today than it has ever been.
PPI’s report, published Thursday, shows the rate in the US is five to 10 times that of other NATO countries. To compare, the country with the second highest rate among NATO members is the United Kingdom, which incarcerates 145 per 100,000 people.
https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/I4MjECBWVB0Z5kqb42y1JnkcM8Q=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6660923/nato_2016.png
PPI also released a graph comparing state incarceration rates with national statistics as a whole. Incarceration rates were higher than the national average in 22 states. Eleven states stood between the US national average and the second-highest country on the list, Turkmenistan.
https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/msFcr81Mtc5aU4lEpDTpKOEFM1M=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6661027/Screen%20Shot%202016-06-16%20at%201.46.54%20PM.png
Turkmenistan has an authoritarian government whose human rights record has been criticized by the US State Department, but, as shown above, the District of Columbia alone has an incarceration rate that more than doubles that of the Middle Eastern country.
continued with video at link..http://www.vox.com/2016/6/16/11955484/mass-incarceration-stat