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Just a reminder that the chinese "communist tyranny" has an incarceration rate nearly 80% lower than the american "land of the free"(, and 32% lower than the world average) (lemmygrad.ml)

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From https://x.com/jasonhickel/status/1908066969422561409

Also, one horror among too many others in the "only democracy of the Middle-East" : https://www.dci-palestine.org/17_year_old_palestinian_child_prisoner_starved_to_death_by_israeli_prison_guards

And also a reminder, useless to point out on Lemmygrad...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-ready-to-free-all-hostages-at-once-for-end-to-war-palestinian-official

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[–] davel@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I’ve got a very long, interactive graph for you. Here’s a snapshot:

World Incarceration Rates If Every U.S. State Were A Country

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

This is fantastic information. The welfare states really do bring everyone else down in practically every category that exists. The west coast has some catching up to do in a lot of categories when compared to the northeast.

[–] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Small silver lining: your data is from 2021, and the 2025 national incarceration rate from OP shows a -18% change. I think the national rate actually peaked around 2012 or 2014.