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A Matter of Fact

The U.S. adult population increased 19 percent from 1980-95 (from 163.5 million to 194 million), while the U.S. adult prison population increased 237 percent during the same period (from 319,598 to 1,078,545).

According to Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) figures, "drug offenders" constituted 26 percent of all state and federal ...

 

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