PapaSkwat@lemmy.wtf to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 17 days agoEl Salvador’s Bukele pushes through life sentences in nation that has imprisoned 1% of populationapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down11
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkEl Salvador’s Bukele pushes through life sentences in nation that has imprisoned 1% of populationapnews.comPapaSkwat@lemmy.wtf to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square1linkfedilink
minus-squareunexposedhazardlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 days agoFor people that want some context. According to wikipedia its more like 1.7% I expected the US to be higher per capita, but it still wins in absolute number terms but is closely followed by China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate
For people that want some context. According to wikipedia its more like 1.7%
I expected the US to be higher per capita, but it still wins in absolute number terms but is closely followed by China.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate