https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_Soviet_Union "Western observers described Soviet prisons and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_Soviet_Union "Western observers described Soviet prisons and corrective institutions as involving harsh living conditions, arbitrary treatment, abuse by officials, poor rations and serious human-rights violations" I'm going to assert that US prisons are far better than these socialist prisons. And that is still the case in contemporary socialist regimes like Cuba (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Cuba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Cuba where they still purposefully starve prisoners and totally deny medical care)