Re:Why I Changed My Mind On Weed
by rlucas on Thursday August 08, 2013 @02:35PM
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It's important to remember that in most states, sentences of under one year are served in county jails, not state prisons. The state prison numbers you describe are likely significantly to understate both absolute numbers and relative proportion, for this reason.
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That's a very good point that I should have addressed. The cited ACLU article goes on to say:
"King and Mauer (2005) estimate that at least 68,000 people were in prison, on probation, or serving a jail sentence for a marijuana offense in 2003"
So, that's 52% higher than the number I quoted for state prisons.