Effect, meet Cause

28 May 2004

When Morons Have Typewriters

Chuck Simmins at You Big Mouth, You notes an AP story about the fact that the population in US prisons grew by 2.9% last year to 2.1 million inmates. That’s very bad, isn’t it?

The inmate population continued its rise despite a fall in the crime rate

Gee. Prison population UP and crime rate DOWN at the same time? Who would’ve thunk it?

(I swear I posted about an observation just like this last year, but I can’t seem to find it. If anyone sees a stray post of mine out there somewhere, email me or comment. Thanks.)

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  1. Murdoc Says:

    Here’s a living link to the AP story: http://www.worldrevolution.org/article/1383