The U S has more people in prison and jails per capita and by number, than any other nation. (#1)
87% of the people in prison lived below the poverty level their whole lives. (#2)
The Rockefeller Laws and Nixon's 'War on Drugs' created the period where new mandatory sentences for drug offenders caused the U S prison population to grow 500%. (#3)
#1. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/
'States of Incarceration Global Context 2021'
- by Emily Widra and Tiana Herring
September, 2021
About Prison Policy Initiative wiki
#2 https://www.americanactionforum.org/research/incarceration-and-poverty-in-the-united-states/
About the American Action Forum wiki
#3 https://www.npr.org/2013/02/14/171822608/the-drug-laws-that-changed-how-we-punish
Comments
Post a Comment