Well... A that 25% of the world's prison population is a debatable statistic considering a number of countries probably aren't giving the real number... and B... rather pointless since a lot of countries just outright kill criminals in giant rates unlike the US who while we have the death penalty it's not used that much... and it takes years to be used rather then... "well your caught."  Addtionally criminality is a LOT more complicated then your "lets blame it on the republicans" reason.  

I'd suggest reading outliers... or maybe it was blink... one of those books has an interesting piece on how cultural legacy can actually effect you.  There is no "overnight" fixing of crime... and US crime rates have less to do with poltical history and more to do with cultural history.  The USA is a young nation... that still has some "frontier mentality" not to mention African Americans cultural history of well... being screwed by authority HARD.  Also, immigrants from poorer countries whose cultural history is to not trust the authorities.   These are things that can't be fixed by simply "booting out the republicans."

Could you define that with measurable evidence? Your spouting a lot of stuff with virtually no statistical backup.

That would make him insane, 6 months of isolation drives just about anyone completely insane, I can't imagine 10 years. You would make him FAR more dangerous to himself and others. There is another way, but it's not an extreme left OR and extreme right take on it.

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if it helps with there rehab, I dont have any huge issues with it.

Okay I exaggerated a fair bit there, you got me. Sorry I'm just really against treating prisoners like regular law-abiding citizens, they should face much worse conditions as punishment for the harm they've caused society.

Of course they'd get you know an hour or so a day in the yard for exercise and stuff; and I don't mean just bread and water (because they'd get sick) of course there'd be vegetables and stuff. I really just meant no good tasting food.

Here's the Wiki, or is that too liberal a source for you?

1981 was the beginning of the authoritarian age.  I was there and watched it happen in real time.

So.....yeah....that's a nice graph....but uhm....what does it have to do with world prison stats or "right-wingers"?

I was going to say the same thing... the problem is... the "25%" stat are pretty much based on countries words... for example China is listed as having 1.5 million prisoners. Not counting, 750,000 detainees or anyone who hasn't gone to trial yet. Political prisoners? No word. That's just if they were telling the truth. It also only counts the countries who agree to participate.

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/?search=northam&x=North%20America

It's just another general database metastudy that gets messed up because countries have their own standards of reporting stuff.  One scandanvian country I remember has a REALLY high murder rate because they count attempted murders as murders in their crime statistics.

Additionally, it should be noted the rest of the world has been catching up.

I think solitary confinement would make them far more likely to kill again. I've been reading around the subject of solitary confinement today (because I'm a geek), and it causes many psychological disorders, many of them severely dangerous. Just a short extract from an article on isolation in prisons.

"Dr. Stuart Grassian, an expert on the results of living in extended isolation, has commented at length on the psychiatric harm that can come to people subjected to long-term isolation. He interviewed people who began to cut themselves just so they can "feel" something and reports panic attacks and a progressive inability to tolerate ordinary stimulation. Isolation has been documented as a cause of paranoia, problems with impulse control, extreme motor restlessness, delusions, suspiciousness, confusion, and depression. I have treated a number of ex-control unit prisoners who come out with serious symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress."

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Solitary confinement clearly breeds psychological disorders in those who are subjected to it. People who have been subjected to extended solitary confinement are clearly not fit for society, significantly more so than they were before.

I think teaching someone skills is obviously a far better way of stopping them re-offending.

First off, who said anything about prisoners (necessarily) being treated poorly? As long as a prisoner conforms to the rules of the prison and doesn’t pose a risk to prison guards or other inmates the act of restricting their freedom is punitive enough to act as a deterrent.

Beyond that, how do you propose that we deal with prisoners who really are "Animals"? Most of the worst acts committed on prisoners are committed by other prisoners, and the maximum security prison is designed to protect an inmate from the rest of the population as much as it is to protect law abiding citizens from them. Realistically, we shouldn’t send people to maximum security prisons unless they present a risk to other inmates (and the type of prison should be related to the crime); but this doesn’t mean that people who are not violent should get a cushy country-club lifestyle either.