• TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    You can tell a lot about a country by how many of its own people they put in jail. I’ve never looked up the numbers but I’m sure China must be the worst, given how much I hear in the media about them repressing people.

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      1 year ago

      As a percentage of population (incarceration rate) its way way down the list, like 129th.

      As a count of prisoners,its number two. USA is number one.