Slog - Comments on One in One Hundred U.S. Adults is Incarcerated http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate If the findings of this new study are not a national shame, I don't know what is. Hillary Clinton is the first out with a statement: America’s prison population has grown at a staggering rate over the past quarter century. A new report now reveals a staggering and heart-breaking statistic: One in 100 American adults is currently behind bars. Our incarceration rate is several times greater than that of any other developed country. To state it plainly, the 1-in-100 figure represents a failure of our society at a number of levels. And the cost – to our families, to our... Copyright 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:50:17 -0800 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:17:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Non 1 IN 15 AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULTS?!


I'm sorry but statistics occasionally support my mild racism.

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951104 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:52:50 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Hey Eli, you're stepping all over Dominizzle.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951114 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951114 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:57:21 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew


But does she watch The Wire? And who's her favorite character?

Hint: It better be Omar, though she strikes me as more of a Stringer fan.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951121 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951121 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:00:06 -0800 Comment by johnnie Does anyone even bother to *glance* at their posts before putting them up, let alone proofread them?

]]> johnnie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951122 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951122 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:00:15 -0800 Comment by Ronaldo OTOH, Mr. Poe, two whole hours have gone by since Dominizzle posted his analysis. Mr. Sanders is playing to readers with short (ahem) attention spans.

]]> Ronaldo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951123 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:00:22 -0800 Comment by max solomon and there won't be a mention of the drug war. job 1 in 08 is to get a democrat elected.

if you mention ending the drug war in this campaign, you will lose. the 'Murkin needs to be weaned off fear first.

i wish we were more mature, but we're not.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951130 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951130 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:05:01 -0800 Comment by cmaceachen @1, racism has a lot to do with what created the statistic.

]]> cmaceachen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951149 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951149 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:14:09 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 @6 - You're right about the election, of course.

It's drug offenders which are overcrowding prisons. HRC and others need not even mention the problem if they can't talk about the real cause. Talking about "interventions" is the type of crap which is fodder for the "government IS the problem" conservatives. Completely misguided and utter bullshit.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951150 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951150 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:14:10 -0800 Comment by NaFun 1.5 mil arrests for simple possession IS this story. Her failure to mention it is her failure to understand the problem at all.

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951154 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951154 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:15:31 -0800 Comment by orangekrush Can't help but wonder if part of the reason we have more inmates than China is because more prisoners there are "dissappeared" and wind up in a Bodies touring exhibit.

]]> orangekrush http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951160 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951160 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:17:32 -0800 Comment by NaFun It's OK, Eli, you added HRC's talk about this, adding data. Not that she would actually address the root cause of all this, which is the prison-industrial complex and its tool, the failed War on Drugs.

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951192 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951192 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:30:07 -0800 Comment by Medina @11, you mean the failed War on Thugs.

Assuming that a large percentage of jailbirds are druggies, what the hell is up with Americans? Is your reality that bad you need to do drugs?

Apparently, Americans need more than movies, TV, video games, magazines, books, ample food, security, etc. to make their lives satisfying. Enough is enough. This is why the Bible says greed is bad.

Stop putting junk into your system. Your life really isn't that difficult.

Damn, it's time to get a beer.

]]> Medina http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951275 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951275 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:10:57 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle In related news the state has promised to increase the number of crimes they can imprison you for, even if more than half the county budgets are going to prisons and the "justice" system that feeds them.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951280 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951280 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:11:47 -0800 Comment by treacle If memory serves, the rate of incarceration started to rise significantly under Bill Clinton's presidency.

@12: No, it's not that reality is so bad, is that people are lazy, have lots of leisure time and money, and like to be distracted by various drugs. Also TV and video games.

If it is escape, it's escape from their own lack of imagination.

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951356 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:01:59 -0800 Comment by adrian! okay, first of all fuckers, i made up "dominizzle", and you're stepping on MY shit. and point #2: Non? you are a disgusting turd and every word out of your mouth sours my stomach. go troll a daycare.

]]> adrian! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951408 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951408 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:36:04 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Well, we're off to a good start.

What happens when we've got all 100 in jail? Socialism, that's what!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951551 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951551 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:37:49 -0800 Comment by behappyi'mnotacop If you had a room of 100 random people, I'm sure 2 deserve life.

]]> behappyi'mnotacop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951592 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951592 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:54:53 -0800 Comment by Y.F. "One in 100 American adults is currently behind bars." Why not just say 1%?

I believe my sociology teacher told me, oh maybe 10 years ago, that 7% percent of the population was criminally deviant. This is supported by the fact that rapes are only successfully prosecuted (for the victim) at a rate of 6%. And just about half of all murder cases are ever closed. Seems like we should have more people in prison, not less.

]]> Y.F. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/one_in_one_hundred_us_adults_incarcerate#c951608 2008 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:17:06 -0800