Americans overall seem to have a hard "punishment" stance towards "criminals". Just look at all the rape jokes regarding prisons. While some might just be for l

Americans overall seem to have a hard "punishment" stance towards "criminals". Just look at all the rape jokes regarding prisons. While some might just be for laughs, a lot of it, I think, underlies the idea that prison should be super hard and punishing. People are fine saying "hey you broke the law, I don't care if it's not hard to make phone calls!"