America’s 2.3m+ prisoners were put in prison by the US’s criminal justice system. In a 2017 Gallup poll, 27% of Americans indicated “a great deal” or “quite a

America’s 2.3m+ prisoners were put in prison by the US’s criminal justice system. In a 2017 Gallup poll, 27% of Americans indicated “a great deal” or “quite a lot of confidence” in the criminal justice system. Another 37% indicated “some” confidence. And 34% rated their confidence “very little” or “none.” The law enforcement half of the criminal justice system (the topic of the article) is viewed more favorably, with 57% of anericans rating their confidence in the police as “quite a lot” or “a great deal.” Of course having a great deal of confidence in the criminal justice system is not synonymous with wanting 2m+ prisoners, but it does seem to indicate those respondents are not overly concerned with the high number of prisoners. As should be obvious, I think “nobody” is overstating things a great deal. http://news.gallup.com/poll/1597/confidence-institutions.aspx http://news.gallup.com/poll/1597/confidence-institutions.asp...