Why is 1 in 100 Americans in prison?

Question

Why is 1 in 100 Americans in prison?

Answer 1

Incompetant public defenders or no attorney is probably the best reason Case in point O.J Simpson

Of the Thousands of people in jail you may wonder also

why so many 20 - 30 percent are there for victimless crimes

ie social crimes substance abuse etc

Some may not like this answer but the truth is painful isn't it

Answer 2

Because at least 1 in 100 Americans committed crimes.

Answer 3

the death penelty is too slow

Answer 4

because 1 outta 100 americans are baaaad puddy tats

Answer 5

Why do advertisers pay 1million dollars for a super bowl ad? Because they want to sell you things you don't need.

We don't need drugs yet people steal kill for them.

We don't need some big *** tv yet people steal and kill for them.

We don't need the s**y neighbors wife yada yada yada.

I'm not the most religious person in the world but if you have not noticed the commandments are probably broken now more than in any part of our history. If we continue to worship greed and wealth then then we go the way of the romans.

Answer 6

Nearly 1/3 of the US federal prison population are foreigners.  A large % of the Americans who are in prison are there for drug related crimes.

Answer 7

Because the rest of the criminals are still at large.

Answer 8

because they broke the law

Answer 9

Because of all the bleeding hearts. Decades ago the prison system was called a penitentiary because it was meant to penalize people who broke the law. Hence the name. Today it's a place to incarcerate people and ostracize them from the rest of the public. They don't do heavy manual labor any more. They use to have to grow their own crops and do all the hoeing and harvesting. No more. Today, thanks to all the 'that's not far' people, all they do is set around all day and figure out ways to sue the institution they are staying at for some lame reason. Like they want a color tv with WII in their cells. Some of them had rather be in prison than out. That doesn't give them much incentive to do good when they are out. Does it?

Answer 10

30% of the US prison population isn't even American.