[scarecrowbob]

Hoss, if you cared you'd know about all the many, many efforts at things like "Restorative Justice". Hell, you'd know what the statistics are around recidivism in the US versus other countries and be able to tell us why other places in the world have such different outcomes.

There are plenty of reasons. Mass incarcertaion is a strategy, and it's unique to the US.

If you're really curious, a good entry point is the film "13th".

As a third person observing this conversation, you seem neither curious nor interested in learning why someone might think of US mass incarceration in such strong terms.

The answers are out there, if you actually cared to find them.

[al_borland]

Looking for opinions on the open internet doesn’t tell me what the person I asked actually thinks about the topic. The strong term they used is precisely the reason I asked.