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America’s incarceration rate is in decline

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264 points paulpauper | 3 comments | 25 Jun 25 17:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.517s | source
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outside1234 ◴[25 Jun 25 17:48 UTC] No.44379986[source]▶
Crime is also way down over the last 20 years:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24/what-the-...

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FrustratedMonky ◴[25 Jun 25 17:53 UTC] No.44380032[source]▶
Because of those tough on crime republicans.

Lets see if cutting education has any impact over the next 20 years.

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jandrewrogers ◴[25 Jun 25 17:56 UTC] No.44380079[source]▶
Crime reduction is strongly correlated with an aging population. Crime is largely a young man's game.
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FrustratedMonky ◴[26 Jun 25 11:48 UTC] No.44386459[source]▶
Young and hungry, without opportunity. Also something being cut with reduced food aid and education.
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1. electriclove ◴[26 Jun 25 20:13 UTC] No.44390837[source]▶
Education? Free Food Aid? In the US, people are not starving
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2. FrustratedMonky ◴[26 Jun 25 21:27 UTC] No.44391612[source]▶
Just because a lot of people are fat, doesn't mean it is evenly distributed.

That is just a right talking point about how we are so spoiled. Plenty of kids need food. Kids learn better when not hungry. And Republicans are cutting school food programs.

3. mrguyorama ◴[26 Jun 25 22:13 UTC] No.44392005[source]▶
13% of American households experienced food insecurity in 2023, which means "these households were uncertain of having or unable to acquire enough food to meet the needs of all their members because they had insufficient money or other resources for food."

5% (6.8 million households) experienced "very low food security" which is "normal eating patterns of one or more household members were disrupted and food intake was reduced at times during the year because they had insufficient money or other resources for food"

American food security is so bad in plenty of places that we can still get notable increases in academic performance just by giving people food

Lack of access to food is literally holding the US back.