California is 17th among states. The US leads the world in incarcerations mainly because of the length of the prison sentences. Most of the inmates in are black males. The percentages have quadrupled since 1980 when Reagan took office and started the war on drugs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_incarceration_rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_incarceration_timeline-clean.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate#Causes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I hear this on a daily basis. > > Do you have any actual numbers to back this up? > > Or does anyone have numbers about the percentage of incarceration for > non-violent drug crimes (hopefully broken down by type or class of drug)? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349876 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
