| >Basically everything possible is outsourced - commissary, food, healthcare, labour… That's as true at the DMV as it is for the DOD and BOP, isn't it? Even Japan's system buys goods from the private sector and hires people. The stated purpose of the prison system(s) is to store people away from communities as part of the justice process until they can reenter society. The evidence of that is clear in the inmates held, something to the tune of 1-1.5m when you add up state and federal prisons. I think it's straightforward to explain a higher incarceration rate than Japan through a higher crime rate than Japan. Incarcerations (using yours) - US is ~15 times higher
US: 600/100k
JP: 040/100k Murder (2023 [1]) - US is ~25 times higher
US: 5.76/100k
JP: 0.23/100k Yes, there are more crimes than homicide, but the US trends more criminal and more violent than JP. Our demographics and culture are different than JP. >It's not some secret or controversial claim. It's a claim without direct proof relying on inference where people will see what they want to see like a Rorschach test, similar to calling a conflict a 'war for oil' or the broader description of the military-industrial complex. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1374211/g7-country-homic... |