Dont forget the race element, it's no secret that "black drugs" carry harsher sentences than "white drugs" for no discernible reason, that black folk statistically get longer sentences and are statistically more likely to be targeted for search. Prison industrial complex targets poor and vulnerable groups>kids from those groups grow up missing fathers and in constant economic instability>those kids grow up to commit more crime>they go to prison leaving their kids fatherless.
Lather, rinse, repeat, profit.
@jimithyashford I agree it's crazy, But still I also get ha raced by the cops. Even though Im white. Its a race and class thing.
I agree completely with you @markush! Foreigners get less harsher sentences here (Kenya) especially if they happen to be loaded. This is to avoid having their lawyers flood our prisons because their rights need to be 'critically' observed to avoid chaos with their state ambassadors.