Of 190 ranked countries in the world the UK is 20th for sending people to prison, just a smidge under Costa Rica.
We like sending people to prison, we do it a lot and are world renowned for it. We’re also known for the inhuman living conditions inside our prisons, recently a judge in the Netherlands refused to extradite a drug smuggler to the UK because our prisons are “inhumane and degrading” so don’t worry on the world stage we’re doing pretty well on the knee jerk retribution front.
There you go, just a little something to get all you hang ‘em and flog ‘em brigade foaming at the mouth. Your welcome