According to the Pew Research Center, the amount of citizens imprisoned in the U.S. has dropped -- from 1,000 citizens per 100,000 to 810 per 100,000. That is a good thing, but it still is too large. The United States puts a larger percentage of its population in prison than any other country -- currently about 2.1 million.
There is no reason for this to happen, except that the United States tries to solve social problems with its law enforcement (like drug use). But this does not solve those problems. It just exacerbates them, and makes a laughingstock of U.S. claims to be a free nation.
People are the same all over the world, and U.S. citizens are no more criminal than the citizens of other nations. It is to our shame that we lock up so many of our citizens. We must change that.
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