I suspect it has more to do with the imprisoning of people for drug offences, non-violent crime, and the background of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St

I suspect it has more to do with the imprisoning of people for drug offences, non-violent crime, and the background of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_ra... I also suspect the judiciary is not happy with 'mandatory minimums' which ties their hands, and make them pawns in this larger mass incarceration project