The problem in the US is that most prisons are for profit. They are owned by corporations. They need customers, in the form of inmates, to keep turning a profit. So, there is huge financial gain for locking people up. Doesn't the US incarcerate more people than any other country? It's unethical and a sham. I agree with your point of view.
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Yes, more then any other country where there are numbers, including "political sentence" China. Like at 1/3 more the the second country. About 10 times of the "socialist" European countries.
USA 7,41 per 100‘000 people
2: Russia 5,32.
China 1,20.
Germany 0,97
Most "western" countries hover around 1 person per 100K
Yes. These statistics say it all. That along with the fact that prisons are for financial profit in the US should be front-page news.
I think you hit the nail on the head in regards to the issue of financial incentive to lock people up. However, I think that profit is unlikely to be the driving cause. Consider who pays the prison system. Private prisons are government contractors. If we were the customers, the incentive would be for prisons to rehabilitate. You're also most correct about the current U.S. prison system being an unethical sham.
Not to mention the "support" needed from attorneys and clerks and judges with an attitude.
Very true. The system is broken and has been for a long time.