incarceration
We're Locking Up Fewer Black People and More White People
Hamilton Nolan · 02/28/13 02:20PMThe USA incarcerates a higher percentage of its citizen than any other nation on earth. (We're #1!) Needless to say, we've accomplished that feat largely on the backs of minorities, particularly black people, who are incarcerated at more than six times the rate of white people. But, as unthinkable as it may have been not long ago, some elements of this trend are actually turning around for the better.
Let's Let All the Old People Out of Jail
Hamilton Nolan · 01/27/12 12:20PMHere in America, our jails are full of old people, and it's costing us a ton of money to keep them in there. Huh. Now there is a problem which certainly could not have been foreseen by craven "Law and order" politicians prosecuting a useless "War on Drugs" for the sake of public popularity, nor by the simplistic bloodthirsty voters who repeatedly elected them in order to satisfy a primal hatred of "the other." Anyhow, we have a solution: let the old people out of jail.
Woman Facing a Decade in Prison for Stealing One Can of Crappy Beer
Lauri Apple · 08/13/11 02:16PMHave Fun in the Sun at Venezuelan Party Prison
Lauri Apple · 06/04/11 03:05PMIf you're a lawbreaking type who also likes cockfighting, pool parties, and grinding, you should consider moving your criminal enterprise to Venezuela. Down there, if you get convicted for dealing drugs or whatever other crime it is you're in the habit of committing, you could end up hanging out ("being incarcerated") at the San Antonio prison on Margarita Island in Porlamar. Supposedly it's a real blast.