>prison guards unions advocating for harsher laws so that prisons stay full. People in America always vote in attorneys who are "hard on crime though". I simpl

>prison guards unions advocating for harsher laws so that prisons stay full. People in America always vote in attorneys who are "hard on crime though". I simply see that as unchecked reflection of the people's will. To double down on it, my state had a recent proposition rejected that would have addressed some prisoners rights regarding treatment and compensation. The bluest state you can imagine and we still can't properly say that prisoners aren't slaves. The only people America trusts less than authority is their own people, apparently. If they vote in people who want to lock more people up instead of focusing on rehabilitating: well, that's they get what they vote for, huh?