[hardlianotion]

Look. I am not an American and your answer doesn’t tell me much. A name of a country that you think is somehow representative of the international mainstream and the features of their justice/penal system that are an improvement would help me understand your point better.

[deaddodo]

Norway, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, Austria, etc. Pick one. Compare them.

Or ask something specific, no one here is going to give you a full run down of every European nation's penal system along with the US one for you to compare and contrast.