HIV in Prisons and Jails, 2002
Date Published
December 2004
Series
Comparing Federal and State Prisoners
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COMPARING FEDERAL AND STATE PRISONERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Most federal prisoners are drug
offenders, but almost half of state prisoners are serving
time for violent crimes. Offenders in federal prisons are
almost three times as likely as state prisoners to be
incarcerated for a drug offense, according...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF PRISONERS
HAD ABUSED DRUGS IN THE PAST
WASHINGTON, D.C. Fifty-seven percent of
state prisoners and 45 percent of federal
prisoners surveyed in 1997 said they had used
drugs in the month before their offense--up from
50 percent and 32 percent reported in a 1991...