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Originally Posted by Pete F.
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Originally Posted by scottw
shouldn't you ask the recidivists?
if the US has 655 people incarcerated per 100,000 and 75% are recidivists...the other 99,345 are some how navigating life without incarceration for the most part, even poor and minorities....I guess reducing the number of prisons and the ability to incarcerate would be a great way to reduce the number of incarcerated and get to your magic number of acceptable incarcerations despite the actual crime being committed and "recitivated"....
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Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 470
Bahamas 438
Seychelles 437
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It all depends on what you think is a worthwhile investment, just throwing money away to warehouse non dangerous people is a waste in my view.
Maybe you don't know what it means
Definition of recidivism
: a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior; especially : relapse into criminal behavior
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