http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/03/when-it-comes-to-imprisoning-their-citizens-dictators-have-nothing-on-nc/ Affecting NC public policy through informed, energetic and progressive conversations. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:11:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/03/when-it-comes-to-imprisoning-their-citizens-dictators-have-nothing-on-nc/#comment-32058 IBXer Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:44:43 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3920#comment-32058 Ever stop to think that some of those countries have lower incarceration rates because people the governments deem undesirable simply vanish from their homes in the middle of the night? Ever stop to think that some of those countries have lower incarceration rates because people the governments deem undesirable simply vanish from their homes in the middle of the night?

]]> http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/03/when-it-comes-to-imprisoning-their-citizens-dictators-have-nothing-on-nc/#comment-32045 Chris Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:02:34 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3920#comment-32045 Prison is the social safety net in America. We'd rather lock'em up than provide decent-paying jobs, health care, and education during the formative years. Prison is the social safety net in America. We’d rather lock’em up than provide decent-paying jobs, health care, and education during the formative years.

]]> http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/03/03/when-it-comes-to-imprisoning-their-citizens-dictators-have-nothing-on-nc/#comment-32041 Dewey Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:33:43 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3920#comment-32041 Do we have more inmates than must countries because we have more people committing violent crime? If NC had as many prison beds as other Southern states per 100,000 would Eve Carson be alive today? And is it true that NC spends twice as much to house inmates as SC? Do we have more inmates than must countries because we have more people committing violent crime? If NC had as many prison beds as other Southern states per 100,000 would Eve Carson be alive today? And is it true that NC spends twice as much to house inmates as SC?

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