Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (84777)	12/19/2011 9:59:23 PM
From: Nixpix	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218134

Note the last part. Our prison population has quadrupled since 1980 due to "war on drugs", violent crime and property crime have declined since the early 1990's. How many people are in prison for grass? I think what we have to do as americans is look at our trend. We are going down hill fast. On January 1, 2008 more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States were in prison or jail. [7] [12] In 2008 approximately one in every 31 adults (7.3 million) in the United States was behind bars, or being monitored (probation and parole). In 2008 the breakdown for adults under correctional control was as follows: one out of 18 men, one in 89 women, one in 11 African-Americans (9.2 percent), one in 27 Latinos (3.7 percent), and one in 45 whites (2.2 percent). Crime rates have declined by about 25 percent from 1988-2008. [13] 70% of prisoners in the United States are non-whites. [14] In recent decades the U.S. has experienced a surge in its prison population, quadrupling since 1980, partially as a result of mandatory sentencing that came about during the " war on drugs." Violent crime and property crime have declined since the early 1990s. [ 15 ]