• slothrop@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy on earth — worse, every single state incarcerates more people per capita than most nations. In the global context, even “progressive” U.S. states like New York and Massachusetts appear as extreme as Louisiana and Mississippi in their use of prisons and jails.

    (2024) World Incarceration Rates If Every U.S. State Were A Country [Source]

    Now, add the ICE concentration camps…

    How’s that working out so far…?