thx1139 on 18 August 2011
Couple of major factors.
1. War on Drugs.
2. Privatization of Prisons and the hidden factors of this. Lobbyists for Prison industry have successfully lobbied for harsher sentences. Judges have been corrupted and been found taking kickbacks for harsher sentences, parole boards have been corrupted. Private prisons arent incented to rehabilitate people. There are incented to keep the people in.
Minor:
1. People deliberately committing crimes and getting caught for free healthcare. it does happen, but I dont have and data that shows how often.
Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.
