and who do you think the demographic/race of people sent there would be if the US shared the same sentiment as you about the population being too high?
Personally I would go to all the prisons and give people the option of joining The Army.
Here's why;
I've been to jail. I served 60 days with people who weren't getting out. Here's why they weren't getting out;
In America we have things like Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Food Stamps, Student Loans, Government Grants, and Section 8 Housing. These are the safety nets for people that cannot make it. I am currently on all of the things I just mentioned. I used the the student loans from the government to pay my way through college and got my Associate's degree about 5 years ago.
In jail, you will find people that had all of those things (Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Food Stamps, Student Loans, Government Grants, and Section 8 Housing) and got caught selling drugs. Well not really.
In jail, you will find people who had all of those things (Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Food Stamps, Student Loans, Government Grants, and Section 8 Housing) and got caught manufacturing a controlled substance.
The difference between "selling drugs" (cocaine, heroin) and "manufacturing a controlled substance" is bagging up DIRT and calling it "heroin" or pouring two boxes of BAKING SODA into a bag and calling it, "a kilo of cocaine". Bagging up dirt and calling it "heroin" or pouring two boxes of baking soda into a bag and calling it, "a kilo of cocaine" is called, "manufacturing a controlled substance.
In jail/prison you will find poor Blacks/Latinos and even poor White Trash who all claim they are in jail for "selling drugs" when the reality is that they were selling dirt or baking soda. These people are ineligible for SSI, Food Stamps, Student Loans, Government Grants or Section 8 housing because they had all of those things and got caught "manufacturing a controlled substance". So they are stuck in jail and cannot get out. According to Federal law, you cannot release a person from prison if they have nowhere to go. These people were poor in the first place so they cannot go back to "live with their parents". They do not have any education so they have no realistic prospect of getting a job and supporting themselves when they get out. So The Warden will not release these people because they have no where to go.
Like I said, I did 60 days in jail and witnessed this with my own eyes. I saw people who were stuck in The County Jail and couldn't get out because they couldn't explain to The Warden what they were going to do when they got out, and they were ineligible for government services. So these people are just stuck in jail and cannot get out.
Have you ever heard the statistic that says something to the effect of "America has the largest prison population"?
Well it's not because Americans commit more crime, it's because there are people in prison who's sentence is over, but they cannot get out because they have nowhere to go and The Warden will not release them. Realistically these people would be a menace to society if they were released. They have nowhere to go and their family will not vouch for them. (Would you let your thug cousin get released from jail and live with you?)
So there are millions of people in American prisons whose sentences are over but they can't be released because they have no where to go.
Meanwhile, there is a war raging in Europe.
What do you think the logical solution is?