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Torchlight

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1. The world average incarceration rate is roughly 170-180 prisoners per 100,000 people.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:01 PM

19 hrs ago

The US, at around 545 per 100,000, ranks among the highest incarceration rates in the world, exceeded primarily by a handful of countries such as El Salvador, Cuba, and a few small island nations.

The shallow mind looks for shallower rationalizations to justify those numbers.

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The world average incarceration rate is roughly 170-180 prisoners per 100,000 people. Torchlight 19 hrs ago #1