America’s prisons are dangerously overcrowded, and the war on drugs is mainly to blame. Over 50 percent of inmates currently in federal prison are there for drug offenses, according to a recently released Federal Bureau of Prisons infographic. That percentage has risen fairly consistently over recent decades, from 16 percent in 1970.
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Chuck Finley. Permalink: Shortlink: http://weedi.st/0tUW7