The American Prison Gulag, the shame of the planet, reveals its utter barbarity in condemning thousands of children to permanent imprisonment. The U.S. "justice" system far outpaces the world in handing down life sentences to those who are not yet adults. "South Africa has four, Tanzania has one, and Israel has seven. In contrast, the United States has 2,270 children serving such a sentence." In gross violation of international conventions, American child sentencing practices are "inhumane and inconsistent with civilized society and thus rejected by the rest of the world."  Rightwing, racist ideology has "created a political culture where politicians compete over who is more ruthless in sentencing offenders." The primary mechanisms for permanent child incarceration are felony murder statues, abhorred as unjust by most of the globe.