There are numerous holistic and historical factors that throw more people into the jaws of the unforgiving US criminal justice system: 1. School-to-prison pipe

There are numerous holistic and historical factors that throw more people into the jaws of the unforgiving US criminal justice system: 1. School-to-prison pipeline [i] 2. For-profit prisons 3. Mandatory minimums 4. Three-strikes laws 5. Over-policing minority and poor areas 6. Racial profiling [ii] 7. Lack of adequate universal mental healthcare 8. The War on Drugs 9. Lack of opportunities + crimes of desperation and despair 10. Poverty leads to inadequate defense and conviction or pleading out to something they didn't do because overworked public defenders are a cruel joke ---- i. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-prison_pipeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-to-prison_pipeline ii. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_profiling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_profiling