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We could also add the extra 2+ million in jail (1.35 million prisoners in State and Federal prisons and an additional 665,000 in state prisons). That's 2 million that could be added to the active population, but for whom there should be no immediate jobs, thus propulsing the unemployment rate up by 1%. Who agrees?

ps: for comparison purposes, since mention of France was made, the carceral population ratio in the USA is 686 for every 100 000 inhabitants, while in France it is 90 prisoners for every 100 000 inhabitants. UK ratio: 140.

Sources:
Wikipedia,  (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_en_France , , French Justice Ministry ((http://www.justice.gouv.fr/presse/conf150206a.htm), http://www.prisonstudies.org/ (etc etc - it's not like this is breaking news)

by Alex in Toulouse on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 03:25:29 AM EST
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See my unemployment diary referenced above. I wouldn't count all of them, but some certainly. Not to mention the numbers employed in the military, many of whom are from the sorts of background that would otherwise put them at high risk of unemployment or: poor, black and male and young.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 03:56:13 AM EST
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Ok, hadn't noticed the link.
by Alex in Toulouse on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 03:57:34 AM EST
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ah but Alex, many of those incarcerees are in the work force, rented out at subminimum wage to the corporadoes.

google for "prison industrial complex"

I hate it that you Euros are all relaxing at home after a good slow-food meal when I, half a world away, am still at the office allegedly working.  gotta go.

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...

by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 04:29:18 PM EST
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