On Cultural Privilege

[Zack Exley]

I think your figure for Russia is old.  They used to have a higher
incarceration rate than us, but now it's less than ours.  I heard it's cause
they let out lots of prisoners after "communism fell".


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Doug Henwood
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 1:00 AM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: RE: On Cultural Privilege
>
>
> Zack Exley wrote:
>
> >Keep in mind CHina's only got 1.1 million people in all their
> various kinds
> >of re-educaiton camps,
> >We've got 2 million.
>
> Prisoners per 100,000 persons:
>
> Russia  685
> US      645
> China   115
>
> Doug
>