Talk:Comparison of United States incarceration rate with other countries

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Comparison within OECD: Turkey second highest at 288/100k

Another interesting point of comparison might be Turkey which is, after the United States, the country in the OECD with the second highest incarceration rate at 288 / 100k people (source: List of countries by incarceration rate). This is higher that all but two States, Vermont and Massachusetts, which are only slightly lower than Turkey at 280 (DC is also lower at 270). This seems pretty remarkable to me, especially given the large numbers of political prisoners in Turkey. Crust (talk) 18:58, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, all US states (except Vermont and Massachusetts) have a higher incarceration rate than Turkey, the nation with the highest incarceration rate among OECD countries. We are comparing incarceration rates per 100,000 of all ages. I am assuming you are correct that Turkey has the highest rate among OECD nations. I need to look at the list of OECD nations.

List of U.S. states by incarceration and correctional supervision rate. -- Timeshifter (talk) 04:33, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you are right, User:Crust. See:

Incarceration rates in OECD countries 2018 | Statistic.

I uploaded the chart:

File:OECD incarceration rates by country.gif

The chart is now in the article along with the comparison of US state rates to Turkey's rate.

-- Timeshifter (talk) 06:28, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks Timeshifter. Crust (talk) 23:43, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. And thank you for bringing up the comparisons. -- Timeshifter (talk) 05:04, 7 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Final sentence of comparison to China

"but that period includes the mass incarcerations of the 1950s or the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) and is not representative of modern China."

Is it accurate to say that's not representative of modern China? The statement as-is can't really be proven, being a negative, but there's plenty of evidence to the contrary. Dogtato42 (talk) 01:15, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it to this: "not representative of China in 2010."

I did not add that China info originally, and have not looked at the references. Feel free to rewrite it if need be. -- Timeshifter (talk) 09:43, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]