American prisons are a disgrace.
We need to end the war on drugs and the prison/industrial complex. There is reason to believe that people are now being put in prisons simply to provide slave labor.
You can best judge a society by its prisons...
How many times do we need to try “reform” where we let felons out early and they simply go back to raping and killing?
The ONLY treatment that has been effective is to put bad guys in jail, and keep them there for a time commensurate with their crime.
...and by the way, don’t believe the BS that our jails are filled with otherwise-upstanding gentlemen that happened to get caught having a joint. THEY ARE NOT. Usually it’s a plea-down from something else, or the person has enough priors to fill a phone book. The justice system doesn’t have enough time or resources to worry about the guy smoking a joint in his house. THAT IS ALL PROPAGANDA by the same people that, for whatever reason, enjoy the prospect of felons out on the streets.