Around 5% of the US population go to jail at least once in their life. And 0.69% are currently jailed (0.075% in Germany). Since it is harder to _simply not be

Around 5% of the US population go to jail at least once in their life. And 0.69% are currently jailed (0.075% in Germany). Since it is harder to _simply not be a criminal_ and prisons there are proven not to fulfill their role, maybe OP simply wishes that this aspect of the country would improve. I don't think he/she was whining, or even saying that everything in the country terrible.