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20% of the worlds prison population (lemmy.ml)
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[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world -3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

To be fair, China is 2nd in overall prison population by country globally, so it's not like their numbers are complete bs. I'm sure there is some fudging in what constitutes as a "prisoner" when they have "re-education camps" though. That said, the US's numbers are fucking insane.