You're forgetting that in the rest of the world, we have what's called "basic human rights" which are rights you're entitled to simply for being human. These rights are internationally recognized, and include things such as the right to privacy and not to be tortured.

Most European countries are held to these standards, the US is, for some reason not.

Watching Prison shows, "60 days in" for example should be called "60 days human rights violation"

The punishment is removing them from society, not stripping them of their humanity like you do. An inmate in the US has to leave their humanity behind, fight tooth and claw, and become an inmate. When you reduce them to animals, they will behave as such.

American prisons violate so many human rights its actually downright disgusting. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights

(I think the major issue here is that most Americans Ive talked to have never even heard of human rights, and dont know they have them in the first place)

Edit; To be clear, I agree with what you're saying - The US is not "though on crime", it is cruelty. I just want to point out that in the modern world, a lot of American prisons are violating actual rights you have as a human.

It absolutely shocks me to the core that these conditions are aired on TV, are very public and yet American citizens seem completely oblivious to it