# 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_