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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Gratiot on March 02, 2009, 03:48:14 PM
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BATON ROUGE -- One out of every 55 Louisiana residents is behind bars, a higher incarceration rate than any other state, according to research released today by a Washington, D.C., nonprofit group.
One in 26 Louisiana adults is under correctional control, if probation and parole are included, the group found.
The Pew Center for the States study of 2007 U.S. Census data found that Louisiana's incarceration rate spiked by 272 percent since 1982. That rate of increase is far from the nation's highest of 357 percent in North Dakota, and not far from Mississippi's 256 percent increase. Neighbor states Texas and Arkansas have seen increases around 200 percent.
Nola.com (http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/louisianas_incarceration_rate.html)
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In light of WE and Sweet Dee's recent and pending New Orleans vacations :o
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the pew center is owned and operated by lunatics, liberals, and losers.
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Louisiana has one of the highest percentage of blacks per capita in the nation. Plus, we don't coddle criminals.
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Louisiana has one of the highest percentage of blacks per capita in the nation. Plus, we don't coddle criminals.
I was wondering if the study bothered to break it down along racial lines.
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Hi,
Let's hear it one more time for Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. When you incentivize out of wedlock births, and enlarge the welfare state that is what you get.
If they have not already done so, look for BO to get a law passed saying convicted felons can vote twice......
regards,
5412