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What's the alternative to being in prison and what are their prospects? I suspect that employers of the sorts of jobs that the incarcerated could find are proba
by JamesBlair 15y ago
What's the alternative to being in prison and what are their prospects? I suspect that employers of the sorts of jobs that the incarcerated could find are probably not that eager to hire people with a history of drug use[-1] regardless of its legality, but I do not have any data.
[-1]I also suspect that this is the main source of the incarcerations. But I'm not a US resident, I don't have any data here, either.
- sixtofour 15y agoViolent crime is the main source of incarcerations. http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/corrtyp.cfm http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/corrtyp.cfm
- nowarninglabel 15y agoThat's an interesting chart, although it's for state prisons, drug offenses are the main source of incarcerations for federal prisons: http://www.bop.gov/news/quick.jsp#2 http://www.bop.gov/news/quick.jsp#2
- sixtofour 15y ago"federal prison inmates only account for six percent of the total incarcerated population" From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_Sta... I couldn't find a better breakdown of fed vs state prisoner population numbers.
- nowarninglabel 15y agoYes, I think that does mean your original point still stands, although not to quite the same gap as when looked at state prisons alone.