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I think the country that imprisons the highest proportion of its own population in the world ought to qualify, but this list doesn't think so. Interesting.

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Is it possible that they just commit more crimes?

Clearly it's not enough of a deterrent and we need harsher punishments, like prison camps in Alaska with a threatening name like "gulag".

So if a country has laws written by democratically elected bodies - and people break those laws, they shouldn't be imprisoned if the law calls for it?

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