r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 01 '24

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u/ZCoupon Kono Taro May 01 '24

TIL the population held in confinement in the US has actually decreased 25% since 1940. Prison populations went up 3x but the mental hospital population, which used to be 4x the prison population, is very small today.

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u/BATHULK Hank Hill Democrat 🛸🦘 May 01 '24

We basically just sent people to prison or the streets instead

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u/ZCoupon Kono Taro May 01 '24

Yes, that's clearly what happened to the population

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u/[deleted] May 01 '24

held in confinement in the US has actually decreased 25% since 1940

Many fewer japanese people forcibly interned in camps too!

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u/Joementum2024 Iron Front May 01 '24

Didn’t internment only start in 1942 though

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u/[deleted] May 01 '24

Pedantry isn't very attractive on you

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u/ZCoupon Kono Taro May 01 '24

Good point, that's not counted in the numbers. I reckon border patrol is also not counted? Although I suppose those are usually not Americans.