Monday, March 16, 2009

Depressing yet interesting and useful. sigh.

Bureau of Justice Statistics Prison Statistics

Number of persons under jurisdiction of state correctional authorities by most serious offense, 1980-2005

Drug Offenses: US population according to the US Census

1980 19,000  226,542,199

1985 38,900

1990   148,600 248,709,873

1995 212,800

1999 251,200

2000 251,100 281,421,906

2001 246,100

2002 265,100

2003 250,900

2004 249,400

2005 253,300

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