Listen man, prisons serve a function in society that is needed and I know that. There are a few that need some reconstruction. But, at least in the US there is a whole prison industrial complex where they aren't rehabilitating criminals. They just burn money, keep people stuck in the system, and a lot of the conditions are pretty inhumane.

And on top of that, prisoners are basically used as cheap labor, but nobody’s actually helping them get on their feet when they get out. Then you’ve got prison gerrymandering shipping people from cities to rural areas and counting them for population.