I haven’t, but... let’s just say a sizable portion of my family is very familiar with the justice system. I completely agree with you. The system as it is now has at least a 40% recidivism rate. No other nation experiences that. And how did we ever let prison behavior/customs seep into the mainstream? I’m talking about the baggy pant hanging so low as to show underwear. I don’t know the answer, but what we have now is corrupt and creating more advanced criminals.
Viacom’s MTV/BET/VH1 pushed gangsterism into the mainstream. Wear your pants baggy correctional “don’t have my size” style and throw some gang signs around. Lie about how many ties “you’ve been sent up” and how many times “you’ve gotten shot”.
They pad their bios with negative things they can brag about. In any other career (even sacking groceries) they would be things that would KEEP you from getting employed. Not so at Viacom’s office of Standards and Practices.
ITA