[lbo-talk] Abolition of prisons (Was: Angela...)

John Thornton jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
Mon Apr 6 15:30:29 PDT 2009


Dennis Claxton wrote:
> At 01:34 PM 4/6/2009, John Thornton wrote:
>
>> In state prisons new court commitments are: 29% are for violent
>> crimes, 29% for property offenses, 30% for drug offenses, and 10% for
>> public order offenses.
>
>
> Where do these numbers come from?

From the link Doug sent. Search for the Truth in Sentencing Report on the usdoj.gov bjs site.

John Thornton



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