Incarceration anyone? 1 in 32 in the jail system

[Ed Ward MD]

This is 2004, We got alot more now. These numbers even suprised me.

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/charts2.htm#topar

America is Safer. My government tole me so.

:World Drug War Charts. Compilation. Tables, rates. For incarceration, jail, prison, cannabis, drugs, mandatory minimums, drug related crime, etc.. The MAJORITY of the well over 2.2 million inmates in the USA are incarcerated because of the insane, racist, U.S. Drug War! The USA has less than 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's 9 million prisoners. The USA surpassed Russia again in the year 2000, and so the USA again has the world's highest incarceration rate! It is now around 5 to 20 times higher than all other Western (long democratic traditions) nations! The US incarceration rate is over 5 times higher than it was in 1971 when President Nixon declared a "War on Drugs." At yearend 2004 there were 7.0 million adults, or 1 in 32 adults in the USA, or 3.2% of adults, under correctional supervision (in jail, in prison, on probation, or on parole).

Bureau of Justice Statistics:
"[Evil] Texas led the Nation at yearend 2003 with 4,609 adults under correctional supervision per 100,000 adult State residents, followed by Washington State (4,350), and Delaware (4,235)...."
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/ppus03.txt and
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ppus03.pdf See Table 8.
That's 4.6% of Texas adults imprisoned, on probation, or on parole!

2,267,787 total inmates. Yearend 2004.
USA, U.S. Territories, and U.S. Commonwealths.
Jail, prison, BICE, INS, juvenile, Indian jails, military, etc.. See:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/p04pr.htm and
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/p04.pdf Table 1, Note a.
That is 763 imprisoned per 100,000 population.
That is 0.763 percent of the population.
1 in 131 people incarcerated.

USA 2004. Estimated totals of top 7 arrest offenses.
14,004,300 Total arrests*
_________________________
_1,745,700 Drug abuse violations.
_1,432,500 Driving under the influence.
_1,285,500 Simple assaults.
_1,191,900 Larceny/theft.
___683,900 Disorderly conduct.
___613,900 Liquor laws.
___550,800 Drunkenness.

Ed Ward MD Reviewed by Ed Ward MD on 05-23-2006. Incarceration anyone? 1 in 32 in the jail system This is 2004, We got alot more now. These numbers even suprised me. http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/charts2.htm#topar America is Safer. My government tole me so. :World Drug War Charts. Compilation. Tables, rates. For incarceration, jail, prison, cannabis, drugs, mandatory minimums, drug related crime, etc.. The MAJORITY of the well over 2.2 million inmates in the USA are incarcerated because of the insane, racist, U.S. Drug War! The USA has less than 5% of the world's population and Rating: 5

[GreenKing11]

Anything is a crime these days, that's how the government likes it. Even the crusaders for the war on drugs know that drug use will never stop, it hasnt stopped, it's only become more widespread. George Bush can use cocaine but if I dare use cocaine Im going to prison for a long time. President Clinton, the speaker of the house, and probably 90% of Congress and the Senate has smoked weed, but if I smoke weed I'm going to prison where I belong!

If the "War On Some Drugs" was ended, it would eliminate meth and meth labs. No one would choose to do meth when they could do cocaine. So meth and meth labs would be elimated. Drug dealers and a large % of violence in the United States would be eliminated. Gangs would be eliminated because they live off of the sell of illegal drugs. 40-50% of crime would be eliminated. Billions of tax dollars would be freed up to catch real criminals and to provide treatment. Hundreds of thousands of jobs would be created for the new drug market and treatment programs. And most importantly, good people would no longer be sent to prison and families would no longer be torn apart so often.

But hey, I guess America, the land of liberty and freedom, can't allow responsible adults making their own choices about what they put in their body.