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I saw a picture recently of prisoners sleeping in a gymnasium, in three tier bunkbeds, spaced probably less than five feet apart.
There are over 2 million people currently incarcerated in the U.S.
Only Rwanda has a larger percentage of their population locked up (mostly as a result of civil unrest). Among developed countries the U.S. has 725 people in jail per 100,000 people, while other countries have the following numbers per 100k of population - UK (124). Canada (102), Germany (98), Italy (92), France (80), etc.
The criminal justice system is really messed up in this country. It will continue to be so as long as the party with the majority in power keeps pushing for harsher sentencing and more prisons, instead of developing sensible solutions to the root causes of crime.
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