# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users              View list of users and latest twt date.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt                View all twts.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri  View all mentions for uri.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash         View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
#     uri     Filter to show a specific users twts.
#     offset  Start index for quey.
#     limit   Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 1
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/htkn2zq
Prison Spending in 2015
,    \\-  Vera Institute

_Stephan: Because in America as a society we don't have wellbeing oriented social policies, our policies are mostly about punishment, so we have the largest prison population in the world. It is a completely insane system, and unbelievably expensive. Putting someone in prison is about the same cost as sending them to college. How expensive is it? That actually is not an easy question to answer, but in 2015 the Vera Institute did the hard work and put to ... ⌘ Read more_