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Sentencing:
Number
in
Jail
or
Prison,
on
Probation
or
Parole
Nears
7
Million,
1.8
Million
of
Them
Drug
Offenders
11/4/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/410/7million.shtml
The US Justice Department's
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported Wednesday that the number of
adults in jail or prison or on probation or parole was closing in on 7
million at the end of last year, another all-time record for the American
incarceration juggernaut. In its annual
report on probation and parole, BJS noted that one out of every 31
American adults, or 3.2% of the population, was caught in the clutch of
the criminal justice system. That number has increased by 1.6 million
people since 1995, the report found.
BJS reported more than 1.4
million people in prison and more than 700,000 people in jail, along with
765,000 on parole. But the largest number by far was for those on
probation, numbering more than 4.15 million.
Probationers are people who
were convicted of a crime, but placed under criminal justice system supervision
instead of being imprisoned. Parolees are people who were convicted
of a crime, served part of their sentence in prison, and have been released
into the community under criminal justice system supervision for the remainder
of their sentences.
Drug offenders make up a
significant chunk. They account for 26% of people on probation, 38%
of people on parole, and about one-quarter of all state and federal prison
and jail inmates. In terms of actual numbers, that comes out to roughly
1,008,000 drug offenders on probation and 291,000 on parole. When
added to the approximately 530,000
people behind bars for drug offenses last year, a total of more than
1.8 million people are living under the supervision of the state because
of their use of sale of currently illicit drugs.
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Issue #410
-- 11/4/05
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Denver
Says
Legalize
Pot
--
Officials
Vow
to
Thwart
Will
of
Voters
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Feature:
Supreme
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Hears
Ayahuasca
Religious
Use
Case
--
Justices
Skeptical
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Arguments
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Latest
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Poll,
36
Percent
Say
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It
--
Half
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Are
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Corrupt
Cop
Stories
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Sentencing:
Number
in
Jail
or
Prison,
on
Probation
or
Parole
Nears
7
Million,
1.8
Million
of
Them
Drug
Offenders
|
Supreme
Court:
Nominee
Has
Mixed
But
Mostly
Bad
Record
on
Drug-Related
Issues
|
Latin
America:
Bolivian
Elections
Rescheduled
|
Australia:
Amid
Wave
of
Reefer
Madness,
Government
Calls
for
Tougher
Marijuana
Laws
|
Web
Scan:
Hartford
City
Drug
Conference,
Norm
Stamper
|
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This
Week
in
History
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Executive
Assistant,
Marijuana
Policy
Project
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