"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
k.net...
In article ,
says...
The US likes jailing people.

As of June 2020, the United States had the highest number of
incarcerated individuals worldwide, with more than 2.12 million people
in prison.



Big money to be made by the US legal system. Lots of lawyers, judges
and cops. Not counting every thing else. Cost around $ 30,000 or more
each year just to keep someone locked up.

I think many other countries just execute the guilty ,

Hardly any do that anymore, mostly just China.

or make the punishment so bad that not too
many break laws that would land them in prison.

No one does it like that.