Yes, but that doesn't make the comparison to all countries with over 500 000 people meaningful. It's specifically that part that seems dishonest to me.

Though I suppose it is also possible that the full data has a few states where incarceration rates are more around the global average, which then would actually have a point in including other countries. Those weren't part of the image posted here though (which was also dropped without context as to why it was posted)

Edit: yknow it occured to me i could click the link and yea, some states are indeed more normal, though still kinda high. That's really the interesting part far more than the top of the list.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Yes, but that doesn’t make the comparison to all countries with over 500 000 people meaningful.

Fair enough. Any state with less than 500k people probably shouldn't be on the list.