http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0818/p02s01-usju.html
The prison population has quadrupled since 1980. Much of that surge is the result of public policy, such as the war on drugs and mandatory minimum sentencing. Nearly 1 in 4 of the inmates in federal and state prisons are there because of drug-related offenses, most of them nonviolent.
Narcotic-related arrests
New drug policies have especially affected incarceration rates for women, which have increased at nearly double the rate for men since 1980. Nearly 1 in 3 women in prison today are serving sentences for drug-related crimes.
Wow, 25% of the men incarcerated and an incredible 33% of the women on drug related offenses! More evidence that the war on drugs is a miserable failure.
Doug
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