The number of inmates in Ohio prisons increased by 15% from 2005 to 2016, even as the overall crime rate fell by 15%http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/05/06/ohio-prison-population-could-hit-record-high-this-summer.html …
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Replying to @mtracey
Point being: the incarceration rate has no necessary connection with the crime rate. Incarceration is driven by other (political) factors.
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Pro-incarceration advocates and/or trolls, please note: "No necessary connection" doesn't mean the same thing as "no connection whatever"
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