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Living in NYC is indistinguishable from incarceration, but with the disadvantage that you don't turn up on any search engine (unless you're the tweety type), and nobody gives you food for free.
(with apologies to the OP, sorry about your loved one's misfortune)
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I'm not sure that's quite true: you get better food and medical care in prison! 
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Tis true![^] 
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Well, given the numbers involved[^], you're right not to try to do it by phone.
I love this statement to bits:Quote: In the last forty years, incarceration has increased with rates upwards of 500% despite crime rates decreasing nationally.
Hey, Mycroft, can I borrow your clue bat[^]?
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Who thought that imprisoning criminals leads to a reduction of crime? He must be crazy! 
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
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* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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..that is not what it is saying; crime is going down, and yet there are more criminals locked up.
Which is not surprising, given the monetary incentive 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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If a criminal is locked up he isn't able to commit crimes, thus the decrease. It just means that police forces are better at jailing criminals before they can commit a relevant number of crimes.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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den2k88 wrote: If a criminal is locked up he isn't able to commit crimes, thus the decrease.
First part of your argumentation is incorrect. You can commit crimes while being locked up. You are also assuming that crimes are mostly committed by repeating criminals.
den2k88 wrote: It just means that police forces are better at jailing criminals before they can commit a relevant number of crimes.
..we simply shipped our criminals to the US.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: You are also assuming that crimes are mostly committed by repeating criminals.
Not a bad assumption in the US, at least according to this link.
Recidivism[^]
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"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: ..we simply shipped our criminals to the US.
What!? Don't tell you know who or he'll try to build a wall around the dutch 
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Foothill wrote: Don't tell you know who or he'll try to build a wall around the dutch
The Dutch have already built one wall; all <you know who> needs to do is to flood Belgium and Germany, and they'll build the others themselves.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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If he is not a US citizen I would contact his citizenship's embassy.
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No jail has been able to hold me yet...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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The trouble is that if you rope that "horse" of yours to the bars, it's likely to pull the whole building away.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I think it has enough torque to do that.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Why waste the gas. There are a lot of jails here where if you time it right, you can walk right out the front door.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: No jail has been able to hold me yet...
When did you get divorced? 
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megaadam wrote: way to find out if a person has been incarcerated in the state of New York.
megaadam wrote: has vanished from the face of the earth.
huh? am I missing something here? 
Is this person a career criminal? So much so, that you fear they are in jail?
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Slacker007 wrote: So much so, that you fear they are in jail?
I fear several different things. Only one of them could be, and has been, settled here.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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megaadam wrote: way to find out if a person has been incarcerated in the state of New York.
Trump has had Hillary arrested? 
Marc
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I think we would've heard.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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You're dating Hillary?
Wait, I'm confused.
Well, I see the lounge has gone off on the typical HILARIOUS tangent, but no, you cannot get in trouble for inquiring about someone. I'm sure there are more than just the State of NY's incarceration web site to help you out. Enable your google fu.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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