An 18-year-old from suburban Denver who allegedly planned to go to Iraq to fight for the Islamic State group was arrested last week as he tried to board a flight to Turkey.

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    1 year ago

    I doubt he’d live long in Iraq

    With conditions in prisons being what they are in this country, his odds won’t be too much better there

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      1 year ago

      The US has 1.2M incarcerated people. Around 6000 prisoners die in prison every year which gives prisoners a substantially lower mortality rate that the overall population.