&gt; way worse than what I read about the American system.<p>Is it though?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_countries_by_incarcera...</a><p>- the incarceration rate of the United States of America was the highest in the world, at 716 per 100,000 of the national population.<p>India is 33&#x2F;100k. We&#x27;ve got 20 times more of our own American citizens behind bars than the typical 3rd wordl country.