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or just jail criminals El Salvador style. Bukele showed us that having a high crime environment is a policy choice, an explicit policy chosen by the government
by slt2021 1y ago
or just jail criminals El Salvador style. Bukele showed us that having a high crime environment is a policy choice, an explicit policy chosen by the government
- seanmcdirmid 1y agoPolice state measures are only temporary, El Salvador can't sustain a 2% incarceration rate forever.
- pjc50 1y agoDoesn't the US have something like a 3% incarceration rate already, for years?
- seanmcdirmid 1y agoYou just have to use search no? El Salvador: Rate: Over 1,000 per 100,000 residents as of early 2024, with a specific rate of 1,659 per 100,000 in March 2024. USA: The U.S. incarceration rate was approximately 541 per 100,000 residents in 2022, with nearly two million people in state or federal prisons and local jails. The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate among independent democracies and is home to the world's largest prison population. (we don't get a rate for 2024, but it probably hasn't grown much since then)
- wpm 1y agoIs it sustainable?
- crooked-v 1y agoCriminals, plus the other (and this is a very lowball number) 50,000+ people incarcerated for life with no due process. El Salvador has incarcated 2.5% of the entire adult population, most of those in sham mass trials where an entire group of people get marched through the same kangaroo court with no individual legal process.