• foggy@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The US prison system is such a blemish on humanity and we kinda just pretend it’s normal.

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      7 months ago

      I mean Americans do. The rest of us look on in absolute horror.

      Don’t get me wrong the private prisons here are an absolute shit show as well but at least they get their contract terminated when it comes to light.

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    7 months ago

    fun fact, up to 100k Americans currently in solitary and 2 million in jail. land of the freeeee

    more facts: over 1% of the country (3 million) has been arrested or charged at some point, USA USA ☝️🇵🇷