Hello
When you are considering why the United States has so many people in prison, you have to realize that one of the main reasons is because of the fact that there is so much money to be made from keeping the prisons full. Prisons have become privatized and the owners receive about $24,000 per year for each person that they have incarcerated. This adds up to big bucks.
Yes, it would be better to try and prevent crime in the first place and reform and educated criminals already in the system, but like any good bussines knows, repeat business is good business. And if you want a life criminal, it's best to start on them at an early age and get them caught up in that kind of life.
For this reason, you get an extremly high incidence of police profiling of minority youths. It's all about the money. It's easier to target those who are the least educated and have fewer resources for defending themselves. 90% of minorities arrested have two choices: court appointed attorneys or go to jail, it's as simple as that. I believe we all know that a court appointed attorney gives you little chance at actually beating the system whether you are guilty or innocent. Afterall, the law does say "innocent till proven guilty." But it should say "guilty till proven innocent," because that is how it usually works.
Anyway, that's my opinion.
victoria's secret
