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>The very laws which a large % of them broke (drug laws) Common misconception, but that's not actually the case - best numbers show about 15% of prisoners are
by djrogers 9y ago
>The very laws which a large % of them broke (drug laws)
Common misconception, but that's not actually the case - best numbers show about 15% of prisoners are in with drug charges.
[1] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/releasing-drug-offenders-wont-end-mass-incarceration/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/releasing-drug-offender...
- wu-ikkyu 9y ago>best numbers show about 15% of prisoners are in with drug charges. That's incorrect. The source says ~16% had, as their most serious offence, a drug charge. So in reality more than 16% are serving time for drug crimes. It seems a bit disingenuous that the statistic is posed like that, especially when considering the cyclical nature of incarceration,"3 strikes" laws, and the cascading violence caused by drug laws.