There was a show called taboo on natgeo, just before all the education type channels turned to total shit. There was an episode about different types of prisons around the world. The American system is fucked, where some asshole gets rich of others suffering. And just turns people into "better" criminals.
I think I saw that. It was at least something similar where a guy goes around living in different prisons temporarily. The ones in Africa were the worst. I agree that the US situation is quite unproductive. I think relatively it depends, because most people live in the third world where prisons are pretty bad. People are more likely to compare the USA to the first world, such as Europe. But I think really the fair comparison would only be with China and Russia based on size. But not even because China and Russia are mostly single culture/race countries.
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