The same people that run the prisons are the same people that run the country. If you really want to know why your prison system is so ****ed up, just look at the people running the country. And may I add America is all kinds of ****ed up right now (no offense).
We deserve it all when we come to our criminal justice system. We put more people in prison per capita than China or the USSR under Stalin under conditions that would make any other first world country blush.
Agree^...If your talking about....Nonviolent offenders...>With a Mandatory Minimum Sentence...... Disagree^...If your talking about...Violent offenders...>That Keep getting back on the Street...
Not sure what that shows as the United States isn't on there, but our murder rate is quite a bit higher than most developed countries. http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/homicide.html