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Re: Don't go to jail in Texas
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 2:25 am
by losCHUNK
Wiki
Texas just earned the dubious distinction of having the largest prison population in the country (163,190), surpassing the prison population of California (163,067), which has 13 million more citizens than Texas. The Lone Star State has more than 700,000 of its citizens under criminal justice control.
Jesus fucking christ, 'we' had to start shipping them off to islands when shit got that bad
As a comparison England/Wales has nearly 3x the population and only 80k incarcerated.
Re: Don't go to jail in Texas
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 3:07 am
by HM-PuFFNSTuFF
follow the money. prisons are for profit in Amurrrrica.
Re: Don't go to jail in Texas
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 3:54 am
by lars63
Doesn't Scared live there?
Re: Don't go to jail in Texas
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 3:55 am
by Whiskey 7
losCHUNK wrote:Wiki
Texas just earned the dubious distinction of having the largest prison population in the country (163,190), surpassing the prison population of California (163,067), which has 13 million more citizens than Texas. The Lone Star State has more than 700,000 of its citizens under criminal justice control.
Jesus fucking christ, 'we' had to start shipping them off to islands when shit got that bad
As a comparison England/Wales has nearly 3x the population and only 80k incarcerated.
Thanks as that was my next question after reading the initial item
Re: Don't go to jail in Texas
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 4:40 pm
by Eraser
Land of the free
Re: Don't go to jail in Texas
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 4:42 pm
by Eraser
Wait, what exactly is "justifiable homicide"?
Death sentence or something far more sinister?
Re: Don't go to jail in Texas
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 4:48 pm
by Tsakali
a situation where you are defending yourself...probably
I'm guessing inmate to inmate , or jailer to inmate altercations.
Re: Don't go to jail in Texas
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 5:17 pm
by losCHUNK
Aye I think when you kill someone it's classed as a homicide it's just wether it was an accident, justified or illegal. Am I wrong ?.
More wiki
In October 2013, the incarceration rate of the United States of America was the highest in the world, at 716 per 100,000 of the national population. While the United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, it houses around 22 percent of the world's prisoners.
Comparing some countries with similar percentages of immigrants, Germany has an incarceration rate of 76 per 100,000 population (as of 2014),[20] Italy is 85 per 100,000 (as of 2015),[21] and Saudi Arabia is 161 per 100,000 (as of 2013).[22] Comparing other countries with a zero tolerance policy for illegal drugs, the rate of Russia is 455 per 100,000 (as of 2015),[23] Kazakhstan is 275 per 100,000 (as of 2015),[24] Singapore is 220 per 100,000 (as of 2014),[25] and Sweden is 60 per 100,000 (as of 2014).[26]
Re: Don't go to jail in Texas
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 5:27 pm
by Eraser
So who decides whether it was justifiable or not? A judge, I may hope. Or is it a case where the warden decides that if the deceased was black, it was probably justified, namsayn?
And is this a legal concept that is applicable to non-inmates as well?
Re: Don't go to jail in Texas
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:45 pm
by John^Rocker
Texas is sacred.
Re: Don't go to jail in Texas
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 1:52 am
by Scourge
losCHUNK wrote:Wiki
Texas just earned the dubious distinction of having the largest prison population in the country (163,190), surpassing the prison population of California (163,067), which has 13 million more citizens than Texas. The Lone Star State has more than 700,000 of its citizens under criminal justice control.
Jesus fucking christ, 'we' had to start shipping them off to islands when shit got that bad
As a comparison England/Wales has nearly 3x the population and only 80k incarcerated.
And just for giggles, the amount of deaths in California in custody is about the same as Texas. Just under 7000.