Prison
People who think that we should not put people in prisons say that being put in prison makes people more violent and angry. People who commit minor crimes that are sent to prison meet violent criminals. As well, when people are sent to prison, they cannot see their family or children, which can cause problems for their family. Sometimes people are put in prison who have done nothing wrong. American theories that are critical of prisons include something called the prison industrial complex and the school-to-prison pipeline. People who believe in the prison industrial complex think that private prison companies want lots of people to be put in prison in order to make money.