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El Salvador’s Bukele pushes through life sentences in nation that has imprisoned 1% of population (apnews.com)
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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago

For people that want some context. According to wikipedia its more like 1.7%

I expected the US to be higher per capita, but it still wins in absolute number terms but is closely followed by China.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate