The United States has the highest rate of incarceration at 740 prisoners per 100,000 people.
The current rate of incarceration in the United States is higher than the Soviet Union’s in 1979, which had an incarceration rate of 660 per 100,000 people.
Canada has 115 per 100,000 people.
Malaysia has 104 per 100,000 people.
Germany has 85 per 100,000 people.
France has 95 per 100,000 people.
Turkey has 85 per 100,000 people.
Greece has 55 per 100,000 people.
Politicians are so terrified of being labeled as "soft on crime" that they are unwilling to examine any solution that doesn't involve throwing people into a hole and hoping for the best.
Ignorant voters get the government (and the society) that they deserve.
We have more screwed up people per 100,000.