Jeremy Ney
@jeremybney.bsky.social
Author of American Inequality, Columbia prof, Former econ policy at Federal Reserve
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If all the people incarcerated in the U.S. lived in one city, it would be the nation's 5th largest city. Today, America has a higher incarceration rate than Rwanda or El Salvador. Even as crime has fallen, the incarceration rate has still stayed far too high.
August 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
If all the people incarcerated in the U.S. lived in one city, it would be the nation's 5th largest city. Today, America has a higher incarceration rate than Rwanda or El Salvador. Even as crime has fallen, the incarceration rate has still stayed far too high.