> the majority of its prisoners did not do anything morally wrong Are you suggesting that the prisoners who did nothing morally wrong are the ones convicted of

> the majority of its prisoners did not do anything morally wrong Are you suggesting that the prisoners who did nothing morally wrong are the ones convicted of drug-related offenses? Honestly, while the fraction is large, it hardly looks like a majority (1 in 5 apparently): https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2020.html https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2020.html And it is not broken down to users vs dealers. The former may have a claim to having done nothing morally wrong, but the latter certainly do not. > Most of them didn't even go to trial This is arguably a problem, but not unique to the US. Other places also do a majority of convictions via plea bargain: https://www.economist.com/international/2017/11/09/the-troubling-spread-of-plea-bargaining-from-america-to-the-world https://www.economist.com/international/2017/11/09/the-troub...