About a quarter of the people in US correctional institutions at any given time haven't been convicted of anything --- they're awaiting trial and can't pay bail

About a quarter of the people in US correctional institutions at any given time haven't been convicted of anything --- they're awaiting trial and can't pay bail. Another quarter or so are locked up for drug or public order offenses, not violent or property crimes. I'm glad that America has strong protections for political and religious freedom. I wish China had such protections as well. But we still imprison two or three times as many people per capita for bad reasons as China does.