Time Spent In Prison For Drugs Has Exploded Since The 90's
June 9, 2012
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as posted by the channel"Florida inmates convicted of non-violent drug crimes spent 194 percent more time behind bars in 2009 than they did in 1990, costing the state billions of dollars but providing little public safety benefit, a new study found. The study, by the Pew Center on the States, examined trends in 35 states that provided data on incarceration for inmates convicted of violent crimes, property crimes and drug offenses. It found that nationally, state inmates across all categories of offenses served an average of nine additional months in custody, a rise of 36 percent since 1990. Florida led all states with an increase of 166 percent in time served for all prisoners. The rise in time served costs states an estimated $10 billion per year, the study found...".* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks.
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