Incarceration nation doesn't punish crime? Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ....., we've turned it into a for profit business with stocks trade on Wall Street, catch up.
Depends on what you consider punishment. In our prisons, they have workout rooms, pool rooms, television rooms, a football field, and people can come and visit you. They even have a private room to screw your wife and start a family from prison.
You get three squares a day plus snacks, free medical care, and an account for your family to deposit money for you to use while in prison. Now they are suggesting training programs so if you get out, you have a skill to get a job.
Liberals ended real prison many years ago bit by bit. Watch a movie called Cool Hand Luke. That's what prisons used to be like and should be like today.