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> Drug Offenses are nearly half the prison population this is not true. your data is federal only. most prisoners are at state prisons. drug offense is about 1
by kooshball 3y ago
> Drug Offenses are nearly half the prison population
this is not true. your data is federal only. most prisoners are at state prisons. drug offense is about 1/5 of total.
source
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2023.html https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2023.html
- dotancohen 3y agoA reduction of 20% is most certainly significant.
- shjake 3y agoWhat proportion of them are in prison for possession of small/personal amounts? And is imprisoning people who are smuggling/distributing hard and potentially very dangerous drugs really that controversial?
- dotancohen 3y agoI have no idea, I don't live there. I'm responding to the assertion that 1/5 is not significant.
- kooshball 3y agono one asserted 1/5 is not significant. you misread this. i was just stating the fact that the initial number posted was wrong/incomplete.