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Well, prisons in America and our criminal justice system is structured to protect the wrongly accused. During the days before the Revolutionary War, people suffered under the boot of the British Empire and their henchmen. Typical routine, house invasions, confiscation of wealth, rapes, murder the whole nine yards.
People were tossed into the most horrid jails for no more than disagreeing with the king's policies or just because their wife or daughter was pretty or their land or crafts were of value.
After decades of that shit people rose up, kicked ass and ain't looked back yet.
Nowadays however those safeguards to protect the innocent have been constantly used to abuse the system. The priority of protecting the accused until the trial is over is bullshit. Too many guys don't make it to trial. Some are held for years before going to trial. It's a fuckin joke. What matters in our penal system nowadays is how much publicity locking your ass up is going to cause. Are you wealthy enough to buy your way out or influential enough to barter your way out.
The fact we have gangs like the mob and street gangs generations deep is proof of the inefficiency of our law enforcement due to the abuse of the legal system.
So now, you, minding your business gets arrested over some bullshit, you can't make bail or you need medical attention and your life is at risk.
The problem with the U.S. is we don't have enough courage to be efficient. Sometimes that efficiency means you gotta be cruel but not inhumane.
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