sethnintendo on 19 August 2011
| thx1139 said: 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. |
I forgot to mention the privatization of prisons in my post. This really needs to change (just as much as the war on drugs) considering private prison pretty much treat their prisoners like slaves and force them to work for pretty much nothing. It has pretty much re-introduced slave labor back into the American society.
