A murky world inhabited by the U.S. government, private corporations that build, manage, supply and service jails, lobbyists, and a myriad of other groups. Welcome to the prison–industrial complex, a system that incentivizes corporate profit over offender rehabilitation and well-being. The U.S. has the largest prison population in the world. It's the third most populous country worldwide, with over a billion fewer people than India, yet its total prison population is over four times larger. The American incarceration rate is even more dramatic. Thirty-four of its states have a higher incarceration rate than any country other than the U.S.