> way worse than what I read about the American system.
Is it though?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera...
- the incarceration rate of the United States of America was the highest in the world, at 716 per 100,000 of the national population.
India is 33/100k. We've got 20 times more of our own American citizens behind bars than the typical 3rd wordl country.