Thanks for the comment, this is actually something I’d raised in the talk page if we want to use this figure as a comparison: we need to know if they’re talking about incarcerated people or everyone “in the system” (parole, pre-trial, house arrest, etc) and the adult or entire population. We need to compare apples to apples so a thorough investigation is required on both the US numbers and the USSR numbers. I think for now I might remove this entire comparison, as it also kinda falls on the defensive like “oh but look how much worse the US is!”. Showing the USSR was far from the worst incarcerator (as it’s commonly believed you could be jailed for anything) is probably enough.
Oh I didn’t know there were talk pages. Yeah I agree an apples to apples comparison would be good, but if you don’t have that it’s probably best to not include it.
Thanks for the comment, this is actually something I’d raised in the talk page if we want to use this figure as a comparison: we need to know if they’re talking about incarcerated people or everyone “in the system” (parole, pre-trial, house arrest, etc) and the adult or entire population. We need to compare apples to apples so a thorough investigation is required on both the US numbers and the USSR numbers. I think for now I might remove this entire comparison, as it also kinda falls on the defensive like “oh but look how much worse the US is!”. Showing the USSR was far from the worst incarcerator (as it’s commonly believed you could be jailed for anything) is probably enough.
Oh I didn’t know there were talk pages. Yeah I agree an apples to apples comparison would be good, but if you don’t have that it’s probably best to not include it.