Punishment is not much of a deterrent, its better to prevent criminals and crime, (aka stop ghettos and gangs from forming). Its hard to blame people for doing crimes if that's how they are raised, I know people who steal something from gas stations at almost everyone they visit. And most people that go to jail are going…
I can promise you I'm at least 100x more tired of reading about the disgusting abuses of human rights in the US than you are of my posts pointing them out. There are plenty of countries (mostly in scandinavia, but also in mainland europe) that have suprior systems to the US, but I've only lived in Germany and Iceland, so…
Something more recent: Riker's Island. The Rock. Adult inmates refer to the savage juvenile building as "Vietnam." Actually a penal colony of 10 separate jails, the Rock is the second-largest confinement facility in the entire world. When it comes to putting people in cages Cali is king, but the Big Apple gives it a…