The US Prison Industrial Complex uses prisoners as source of "slave" labor.
No sane or intelligent person believes we do not incarcerate enough "criminals." Ideally smart people also know we have a ineffective, inefficient, and often corrupt justice system.
Crime "Justice" System
1. laws
2. bias, racism, anger, confused values
3. arrests
4. police stereotyping
5. police corruption
6. bail profiteering
7. poverty cycle and few alternatives
8. recidivism due to enabling prison culture
9. court room prejudice - how the defendant "looks"
10. Prison Industry . . .