The implementation details of the American criminal justice system are considered (by mainstream media gatekeepers, as well as politicians) to be much too unsightly, and fraught with difficult philosophical conflicts (i.e. the matter of whether imprisonments primary purpose is to rehabilitate or punish). The closest they&#x27;ll go is discussing issues at the scale (and emotional distance) of demographics - racial disparities in arrest&#x2F;incarceration rates, etc.