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FACT SHEET: TRENDS IN U.S. CORRECTIONS - Trends in U.S. Corrections - United States

15 May 2021

CORRECTIONS Number of People in Prisons and Jails for Drug DRUG POLICY Offenses, 1980 and 2019 Sentencing policies of the War on Drugs era 1980: 40,900 individuals resulted in dramatic growth in incarceration for 2019: 430,926 individuals drug offenses. [...] Since its official beginning in the 1980s, the number of Americans incarcerated 2019 for drug offenses has skyrocketed from 40,900 181,422 in 1980 to 430,926 in 2019. [...] Residents Born in 2001 All Men White Men Black Men Latinx Men 1 in 9 1 in 17 1 in 3 1 in 6 All Women White Women Black Women Latinx Women 1 in 56 1 in 111 1 in 18 1 in 45 Source: Bonczar, T. [...] Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Assistance; Bureau of Justice Statistics Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear Series; Bureau of Justice Statistics Prisoner Series; Strom, K. [...] As a result of the dramatic expansion of the criminal justice system in the last 40 years, felony disenfranchisement has affected the political voice of many communities.
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