But if I remember that used to be something like 55% in Florida in the 1990s......
On 5/3/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> Jerry Monaco wrote:
>
> >This was actually something that my criminal law prof told us. More
> >than half the people in prison now days are in prison for
> >non-violent drug crimes.
>
> People say that a lot, but it's not true for state prisons, at least
> according to the BJS
> <http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t600012002.pdf>. It's 21%. Half
> are in for violent offenses. Yes for federal prisoners
> <http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t656.pdf>, but there are like
> eight times as many state as federal prisoners.
>
> Doug
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