Criminal Justice on the Joe Rogan Experience
3 fact-checked claims across 3 episodes · Sep 2018 to Sep 2022 · updated Jul 12, 2026
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- Dr. Gabor Maté (1)
- Dr. Carl Hart (1)
- Joe Rogan (1)
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“30% of my clients were indigenous people. They make up 5% of the population. 30% of the people, of the men in jail in Canada, 50% of the women in jail in Canad…”
Maté claims Indigenous people make up 5% of Canada's population but 30% of male and 50% of female prisoners, based on his experience with Vancouver addiction clients.
“we spend $40 billion a year on this kind of thing. Most of the money goes to law enforcement, prison industry, the sort of businesses that have been built up a…”
Hart claims the US spends $40 billion a year on the drug war, most of which goes to law enforcement and the prison industry.
“Someone was paying them to put more asses in the seats in these private prisons. A million dollar payment to put them in the youth centers.”
Rogan describes the 'Kids for Cash' Pennsylvania judicial bribery scandal as involving a million-dollar payment to judges for sentencing juveniles to private detention centers.