[mugs99]

We purport to be the leader of the free world, yet with five percent of the world's population, we have 25 percent of the world's prisoners, more than half serving sentences for drug-related offenses

What has happened to us? We were once known as "Land of the Free". We now throw more of our own people in the dungeon than the tyrant countries. The drug war has done as much to destroy the American way of life as any terrorist!
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[muawiyah]

You are forgetting to count all the prisoners in China, first of all, and the folks in slavery in Bolivia, Saudi Arabia, Eritrea, and other intriguing spots around the world.

The only reason you think the US has 25% of the prisoners is that the USA is the ONLY country that counts all its prisoners and publicizes the number.

So, you think for a few moments about what it means to live in a country that does not actually count its prisoners, and does not report how many there are.

Then go live there.