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Poor Prescription: The Costs of Imprisoning Drug Offenders in the United States
Publication year:
2000
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The implications of incarcerating a skyrocketing number of non-violent drug offenders are discussed. Part I provides an introduction. Part II presents findings such as: monumental growth of drug commitments to prisons; increases in drug commitments dwarf changes in violent and non-violent commitments; growth in drug commitments disproportionately borne by blacks; fast-paced growth in the incarceration of young adults for drug offenses; and little connection found between drug incarceration rates and drug usage. Part III offers a summary of findings annd highlights legislative, judicial, and voter initiative reforms.