US has the highest rate of incarceration of any country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate
“US has the highest rate of incarceration of any country.”
Like everything the government touches, it becomes an industry unto itself (like education). Once enough government workers and politicians are involved, it becomes impossible to roll back - it is a permanent growing cost to Americans.
Yes we do, and an almost opaque Bureau of Prisons. Shameful at so many levels, for so many reasons.