A former chairman of the right-wing Proud Boys group was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump trying to overturn the former president's election defeat.
The American system is built for punishment and profit. Most Americans don’t seem to be interested in justice or rehabilitation, they just want blood. Good example is the 50 or so prisoners who have died in Texas from the heat, most weren’t there for violent crimes or life imprisonment, yet the response to their death is mostly “whatever, they’re bad people” as people show no interest in fixing anything.
… using Texas as an example about the entire USA is probably not a great choice.
Should we use the conditions of California prisons, which were so crowded that they were considered an unconstitutional human rights violation and prisoners were released by court order?
Profit prisons are just slavery with extra steps.
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2019/10/11/governor-newsom-signs-ab-32-to-halt-private-for-profit-prisons-and-immigration-detention-facilities-in-california/
And then it was blocked:
https://californiaglobe.com/fl/another-blow-to-ag-bontas-attempt-to-end-for-profit-prisons-in-california/