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Jay520 on 16 August 2011
StevenKreg said:

 

Because we arent screwing around!

America does everything kick ass, including lockups.



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MARCUSDJACKSON on 16 August 2011
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.



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vlad321 on 16 August 2011

Ignorance and social retardation. Mostly due to bad education really. I'm sure guns don't help the equation either. As well as incarcerating people for petty crimes. It all adds up to a culture which leads to this.

Edit: For an example. If I piss in public I'm labeled a sex offender in some states. THat is just beyond laughable and is so ignorant I don't even know where to begin laughing at it.



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Galaki on 16 August 2011
HipHopGodd said:
profit

Corporate profit.

Cost a lot of tax dollars, though.



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chris212223 on 16 August 2011

Look on the bright side my fellow Americans at least we're #1!!!! xD



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vlad321 on 16 August 2011
Galaki said:
HipHopGodd said:
profit

Corporate profit.

Cost a lot of tax dollars, though.

You think you are joking, but one of the funniest things I heard was that there were indeed private jails in the US. Then I learned of some of the shit gong on there. Let's jsut say I wasn't one bit surprised.



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thranx on 16 August 2011
HappySqurriel said:
You have an education system that is set up to protect incompetent teachers an benefit unions at the expense of students ... If you don't have the basic literacy skills and/or numeracy skills to perform well in our economy the likelyhood that you will end up in jail (due to criminal activity) is drastically increased.


This. And the massive failure that is the war on drugs.



Marks on 16 August 2011
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?



Galaki on 16 August 2011
vlad321 said:
Galaki said:
HipHopGodd said:
profit

Corporate profit.

Cost a lot of tax dollars, though.

You think you are joking, but one of the funniest things I heard was that there were indeed private jails in the US. Then I learned of some of the shit gong on there. Let's jsut say I wasn't one bit surprised.

I wasn't joking :)



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chocoloco on 16 August 2011
thranx said:
HappySqurriel said:
You have an education system that is set up to protect incompetent teachers an benefit unions at the expense of students ... If you don't have the basic literacy skills and/or numeracy skills to perform well in our economy the likelyhood that you will end up in jail (due to criminal activity) is drastically increased.


This. And the massive failure that is the war on drugs.

Happy squrriel is wrong unless your counting the massive difference in education levels in America. The poor communities which often consist of minorities do not receive equivalent levels of education. Marcus and thranx both have it right in that many of the prisoners are locked up for minor drug offenses and the majority of them are minorities. Once felony is committed most job opportunities are lost to these people leading them to continue the patterns that got them into jail in the first place. If society worked towards educating and forgiving the mistakes of Americans than perhaps they could more easily move on to productive lives.

Also every answer I have seen given by non-Americans is very comical. I laugh at your perceived understanding of American problems. Especially Rol's idea of blaming guns. The problems caused  by guns varies greatly by state so  causation for a problem varies greatly by state. Yet, you can never know if Rol is serious or just trying to stir up trouble.