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

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Mon Apr 6 14:49:45 PDT 2009


At 03:30 PM 4/6/2009, John Thornton wrote:


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

I think you're talking about this. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/tssp.pdf

That report is from 1999 and excludes offenders with a sentence of less than one year.

In 2005 the state percentage for drug offenses was 20%. Ten years earlier it was 22.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm



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