Majority of Americans currently or formerly have had immediate family members incarcerated.
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So, there are 707 per 100,000 in the system. Which means that there are 999,293 per 100,000 who aren't. How does this support Boudin's claim that a "majority" of us have family members in prison?
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US currently incarcerates 2.3MM (way too many, I agree), but there are ~129MM households in the US. For the majority of households to have at least 1 member incarcerated, we would need 65MM prisoners minimum. For
@chesaboudin to not be a liar, we better start imprisoning & fast.pic.twitter.com/5sAngFJXBD
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But that would be a challenge too, because since the incredibly racist crack cocaine and gang laws of the 80s ebbed, the prison population has been steadily falling. Comrade
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Precisely. This is the result of a survey done by a group - FWD dot US - whose mission is to fix the “failed criminal justice system.” It’s like believing stats from the Tobacco Institute.
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Chess is neither poor nor black. FWIW, I voted for the guy in 2016 who wanted to end the failed drug war. If it were up to me, all the guys doing fine on drug charges would be out.
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