I'm not sure if size is an excuse. Isn't density a much larger problem. The US certainly had the space to properly house it's inmates. Is it larger proportion o

I'm not sure if size is an excuse. Isn't density a much larger problem. The US certainly had the space to properly house it's inmates. Is it larger proportion of the population that's in prison that's the problem? Why is that the case? The US being large doesn't seem like it should cause that.