6.9 million currently in the criminal justice system.

[DrPizza]

Without checking on it, that 14K figure you have, Scouzer, seems pretty low. I've known a few guys who are prison guards... they all earn pretty good salaries.

Also, did anyone consider that China executes plenty of prisoners? That kinda knocks down their prison population a bit. Plus, I don't believe their prisons are anywhere near as nice as ours. (that may deter a few people from committing crimes)

 

[gotsmack]

Before cars were a big thing we had horses for transportation and when someone stole your horse they were hung when caught.

We should bring back the death penalty for auto theft, with an adquite appeals process and there has to be a niminum on evidence of course.


also maybe do a caning for petty crimes like they do in Singapore instead of incarceration.

 

[DAGTA]

Have more Sheriff Joe Tent Cities and you'll have less people committing crimes. Prison should be a punishment, not a resort.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Have more Sheriff Joe Tent Cities and you'll have less people committing crimes

:thumbsup: I hear that.

 

[nan0bug]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Have more Sheriff Joe Tent Cities and you'll have less people committing crimes. Prison should be a punishment, not a resort.

Spoken like someone who's never been to prison.

 

[Wuffsunie]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Have more Sheriff Joe Tent Cities and you'll have less people committing crimes

:thumbsup: I hear that.

Be interesting in parts of the country with colder climates. You just know rights groups would flip after the first frozen prisoner. Still, for places that could have it, there should be a LOT more of those places.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Fausto
This is impressive in a depressing kinda way.

WASHINGTON - A record 6.9 million adults were incarcerated or on probation or parole last year, nearly 131,000 more than in 2002, according to a Justice Department study.

Put another way, about 3.2 percent of the adult U.S. population, or 1 in 32 adults, were incarcerated or on probation or parole at the end of last year.

....and the punchline...

45% of State parole discharges in 2002 successfully completed their term of supervision, relatively unchanged since 1995. 41% were returned to jail or prison, and 9% absconded.

Yet but your stats assume all the people are americans.
Is it not something like 1/5 of prisoners are NON-americans?

 

[DAGTA]

Originally posted by: nan0bug

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Have more Sheriff Joe Tent Cities and you'll have less people committing crimes. Prison should be a punishment, not a resort.

Spoken like someone who's never been to prison.

What's your point?