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DRUGS AND THE PRISON SYSTEM


The highest prison population in the world can be found in the United States. The United States has a higher incarceration rate than that of the former Soviet Union or South Africa. There are more people in prison than there are in some of the smaller states. This has been an on going issue in this country for some time. The national prison population has risen nearly 500 percent since 1972. This is far greater than the 28% rise in the national population during this time. The scale of imprisonment has come a long way since the institution was first introduced. There have been many changes in the system, but we still see many factors which seem to influence the increase in the prison population. One important factor can be the introduction of harsher laws such as the "three-strikes you're out law." Judges have become less lenient for women offenders as well as juveniles. Our courts are seeing more and more youthful drug dealers and......

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