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[โ€“] LwL@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

They are, and I agree it's misleading. It's implying that it's somehow shocking that the individual states of the county with the highest incarceration rate in the world also have a high incarceration rate. If it was absolute numbers, it would maybe make a point. As it is, it's stating the extremely obvious and framing it as "look, it's even worse than you thought".

[โ€“] sexy_peach@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago

Thank you that's what I meant, I just couldn't put it into words properly.