{"id":22442,"date":"2020-07-27T15:58:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T15:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=37a19bebed1b5151afce41e26ae50016"},"modified":"2020-07-27T15:58:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T15:58:47","slug":"ep-286-what-do-mass-incarceration-and-the-coronavirus-have-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/07\/27\/ep-286-what-do-mass-incarceration-and-the-coronavirus-have-in-common\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 286 – What do mass incarceration and the coronavirus have in common?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The United States is experiencing a failure of both systems and personnel. It's not one, but both. And as a consequence, the single most famous stat for mass incarceration is now the exact same as this horrible new stat for the coronavirus. It's because the stats are produced by the same source.<\/p>

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The United States is experiencing a failure of both systems and personnel. It’s not one, but both. And as a consequence, the single most famous stat for mass incarceration is now the exact same as this horrible new stat for the coronavirus. It’s because the stats are produced by the same source.<\/p>\n

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