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That's federal prisons though. Totally different laws, courts, and only about 10% of US prisoners. State prisions and local jails have much smaller percentage
by danielvf 10y ago
That's federal prisons though. Totally different laws, courts, and only about 10% of US prisoners.
State prisions and local jails have much smaller percentage of drug charges - about 17% in my state and going down.
http://www.doc.sc.gov/pubweb/research/InmatePopulationStatsTrend/ASOFTrendMSOFY11-15.pdf http://www.doc.sc.gov/pubweb/research/InmatePopulationStatsT...
- drawkbox 10y ago16% at state level from same source, over 50% at federal level. Probably 20%+ directly and up to 30-40% indirectly related, 1 in 5 to 1 in 3. That is lots and lots of people we are paying for to be somewhere that they maybe weren't violent to begin with but are now, prisons are a criminal making machine. They could be out, or in a program, making a net benefit paying it back rather than a total loss all around. -30k per year minimum per prisoner in tax.