Submitted by cbarrettg t3_126w7ld in dataisbeautiful
AstralDragon1979 t1_jeci38z wrote
Reply to comment by Vito_The_Magnificent in [OC] The United States Prison Crisis by cbarrettg
Yup, contextually it’s a very misleading portion of the infographic that perpetuates the myth that prisons are full of low level drug offenders.
SilentHackerDoc t1_jeebue3 wrote
I'm not trying to be a dick but what evidence do you have for that? The people above broke down total numbers and drug offenses were literally top if not second place. I'd say that's still pretty 'full of drug pffenses' to me. And considering there are hundreds of arrests for drug users for every single arrest for a 'dealer', it's fair to say prisons are at least overly filled with low level drug offenses for what is necessary. People who use drugs do not benefit from jail and they harm no one (given they didn't break any other crimes).
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