frede Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Today, there are approximately 9 million people incarcerated worldwide. In the US for every 1,000 people, 7.4 are in the nick and in the UK 1.2 are banged up. So, dont be shy.....have you ever been imprisoned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dullnight Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Don't quite understand, in the title you write about 26millions than in your post 9millions. If we reply yes, do we get asked wether we've been involved in a gang bang in jail ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frede Posted August 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 My mistake, its meant to be 9 million! Depends on who says yes, for example if Fraudster said Yes, I'd probably have asked him if he his shit pushed in. If you said yes, Id likely have asked why and where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Sometimes jail ain't so bad. When it all goes tits up here I'm using the last of my dosh to get to Europe to rob a bank in a prisoner friendly country. My neighbor says the ones in Holland are very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 More now: "US: Prison Numbers Hit New High Blacks Hardest Hit by Incarceration Policy (Washington, DC, June 6, 2008) â?? New figures showing that US incarceration rates are climbing even higher, with racial minorities greatly overrepresented in prisons and jails, highlight the need to adopt alternative criminal justice policies, Human Rights Watch said today. Statistics released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, a branch of the US Department of Justice, show that as of June 30, 2007, approximately 2.3 million persons were incarcerated in US prisons and jails, an all-time high. This represents an incarceration rate of 762 per 100,000 US residents, the highest such rate in the world. By contrast, the United Kingdomâ??s incarceration rate is 152 per 100,000 residents; the rate in Canada is 108; and in France it is 91. â??The new incarceration figures confirm the United States as the worldâ??s leading jailer,â? said David Fathi, US Program director at Human Rights Watch. â??Americans should ask why the US locks up so many more people than do Canada, Britain, and other democracies.â? The new statistics also show large racial disparities, with black males incarcerated at a per capita rate six times that of white males. Nearly 11 percent of all black men ages 30 to 34 were behind bars as of June 30, 2007." HRW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 What makes it worse is that in the USA, I believe the ratio is 1 out 4 people are in prison/jail or have been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frede Posted August 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 So, the likelyhood is quite a few posters have, at some stage, been banged up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Moth Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 I can't be certain, but, I believe I recently read that anyone revealing prison statistics will immediately by imprisoned!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Toad Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 It pisses me off. We seem to have no other solution except jail - and it costs taxpayers a fortune. Jail does not work to rehabilitate it simply gets more people out of good society into bad society. There are other solutions including a service corps, massive fines, take the house away etc. Yes some people ned to be in jail but they are few and far between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 I knew a gal who got sent to prison for being found with 3 marijuana cigarettes in her purse. That's right ... THREE for her own use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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