The statement that was made was: > a HUGE majority of the people incarcerated should not be.
That is a pretty specific and damning statement. And I have seen it about 30 times on various lists since this Zimmerman case got everyone talking about crime. Huge majority. that means way over 50% to me. I would read that as over 80% in casual reading. I don't know that these numbers below don't seem to tell that tale. As for the data, I also was hoping someone on this list (cause we are diverse and smart and nerds) would have numbers about non-violent crime and non-violent drug crimes and types of drugs per crime stats (incarcerations. not arrests or charges or convictions) I have often looked for good sources for those numbers, but have yet to find anything meaningful or understandable. I want a USA Today pie chart! On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:349883 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
