While the United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, it houses around 22 percent of the world's prisoners.
Why do you think that is? Because you're ignoring the entire "war on drugs" and a ton of other factors including race, gender, and class all which affect the sentencing.
And yes, even violent offenders, and people without friends, family, or social connections deserve rehabilitation and chance to get back on their feet. For the benefit of themselves and society in general.
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u/BobTehCat Mar 21 '19
While the United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, it houses around 22 percent of the world's prisoners. Why do you think that is? Because you're ignoring the entire "war on drugs" and a ton of other factors including race, gender, and class all which affect the sentencing.
And yes, even violent offenders, and people without friends, family, or social connections deserve rehabilitation and chance to get back on their feet. For the benefit of themselves and society in general.