And it's partly because we send people to jail not just to punish them, but to help them return to the community and obey our laws. Of course it doesn't always work. But is that any reason to copy the tough justice of the United States. Today there are 1.6 million Americans behind bars. That's five times as many people per capita as there are in Canada.
Some American states spend more money keeping people locked up than they do on education.
So ask yourself, why do we have a safer society. Well perhaps it's because we have a better understanding of justice. I'm Jack McGaw.