USA has the highest incarceration rate. Why?

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MARCUSDJACKSON said:

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MARCUSDJACKSON said:

Marks said:

MARCUSDJACKSON said:
because of racial profiling

I hope that's a joke.

 

And my answer to the OP's question is like the Clash said in the song "I'm So Bored With the USA"...because killers in America work 7 days a week. i.e. Americans commit a shit ton of crime. 

Well that and because cops in America seem like dicks from what I've seen on shows like Cops. They arrest people just to look tough and show their authority. People get arrested for having small amounts of pot, underage drinking, etc. They need to focus on major crimes like murder, rape, theft, etc. and less on harmless crimes like pot posession and underage drinking, etc. 

why the guy with the coolest shirt ever? why man?

no i'm not joking.

Well it is undeniable that there's racism in the US but I just don't think that's why there's such a high incarceration rate in the US. 

Could you expand on your point though about racial profiling leading to higher incarceration rates please? Are you talking about policemen being racist and arresting people based on colour...or are you talking more about the court system sentencing people based on race?

both in a way. i understand theres more to it then that, but why are more then 80% of jail's in every state are filled with minorities? i don't beleive half that percentage commit crimes.

i agree with your first post.

Yeah it is pretty staggering the percentage of inmates who are minorities. I can't really justify/explain that without stereotyping.