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1 In 32 Americans In Jail, On Parole
FOX ^ | 11/30/06 | Kasie Hunt

Posted on 11/30/2006 11:21:21 AM PST by Froufrou

A record 7 million people _ or one in every 32 American adults _ were behind bars, on probation or on parole by the end of last year, according to the Justice Department. Of those, 2.2 million were in prison or jail, an increase of 2.7 percent over the previous year, according to a report released Wednesday.

More than 4.1 million people were on probation and 784,208 were on parole at the end of 2005. Prison releases are increasing, but admissions are increasing more.

Men still far outnumber women in prisons and jails, but the female population is growing faster. Over the past year, the female population in state or federal prison increased 2.6 percent while the number of male inmates rose 1.9 percent. By year's end, 7 percent of all inmates were women. The gender figures do not include inmates in local jails.

"Today's figures fail to capture incarceration's impact on the thousands of children left behind by mothers in prison," Marc Mauer, the executive director of the Sentencing Project, a Washington-based group supporting criminal justice reform, said in a statement. "Misguided policies that create harsher sentences for nonviolent drug offenses are disproportionately responsible for the increasing rates of women in prisons and jails."

From 1995 to 2003, inmates in federal prison for drug offenses have accounted for 49 percent of total prison population growth.

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1 posted on 11/30/2006 11:21:25 AM PST by Froufrou
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The core of the democrat party. 100% true blue democrat voters.


2 posted on 11/30/2006 11:24:41 AM PST by FormerACLUmember
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To: Froufrou
"Today's figures fail to capture incarceration's impact on the thousands of children left behind by mothers in prison," Marc Mauer, the executive director of the Sentencing Project, a Washington-based group supporting criminal justice reform, said in a statement. "Misguided policies that create harsher sentences for nonviolent drug offenses are disproportionately responsible for the increasing rates of women in prisons and jails."

Yeah, it's a tragedy for the kids, that's for sure. But I don't know of many mommies who've gone to prison for simple possession of a joint, for example.

Living in a household where mommy makes meth in the kitchen is also pretty hard on kids.

3 posted on 11/30/2006 11:25:52 AM PST by Kenton
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To: Froufrou

They obviously didn't poll my in-laws...........


4 posted on 11/30/2006 11:28:04 AM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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To: Kenton
"Misguided policies that create harsher sentences for nonviolent drug offenses are disproportionately responsible for the increasing rates of women in prisons and jails."

I didn't realize how phony this rings until you posted it back to me! How misguided is it to want to KEEP DRUGS OFF THE STREETS?
5 posted on 11/30/2006 11:29:24 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: Froufrou
This is plan BS, about 30 to 40% of the people in American jails are foreign nationals.
6 posted on 11/30/2006 11:29:45 AM PST by org.whodat (Never let the facts get in the way of a good assumption.)
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To: Froufrou

I wonder how many of these people are in jail for non-violent offenses.


7 posted on 11/30/2006 11:29:49 AM PST by Leatherneck_MT (In a world where Carpenters come back from the dead, ALL things are possible.)
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I didn't realize how phony this rings until you posted it back to me! How misguided is it to want to KEEP DRUGS OFF THE STREETS?

Oh, you missed that, did ya? The whole article just drips with the blood of liberal's bleeding hearts...

8 posted on 11/30/2006 11:32:45 AM PST by Kenton
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"Misguided policies that create harsher sentences for nonviolent drug offenses are disproportionately responsible for the increasing rates of women in prisons and jails."

I've seen a couple of those "non-violent" drug offenders. A couple of female meth addicts. They were stealing from stores all over Pocatello. They took a deskside computer from computer surplus shop while I was shopping there. I called my wife (the duty dispatcher at the PD) with a description of the women just moments after the theft. They were apprehended the next day. The deskside computer was found along with almost $20,000 in other merchandise reported stolen from local stores. The thieves are back in prison where they belong. They aren't fit to be free among law abiding citizens. Both of them already had extensive records of theft and incarceration. They also had some domestic violence convictions.

9 posted on 11/30/2006 11:34:50 AM PST by Myrddin
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To: org.whodat

Here's a couple of more facts. My family and friends are all European-Americans. I don't know anyone who has ever been in jail or on probation. Talk among yourselves.


10 posted on 11/30/2006 11:34:58 AM PST by tupac (There is no god named allah, and muhamed is not his messenger.)
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"on probation"

Um, folks can be "on probation" for something as simple as a traffic ticket, where after 6 months it drops off your record. I imagine the vast majority fall in this category. The statistics are meaningless.


11 posted on 11/30/2006 11:36:51 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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The true criminals: those who put drug users and dealers people in prison.


12 posted on 11/30/2006 11:36:52 AM PST by secretagent
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I don't know anyone who has ever been in jail or on probation.

See my #11. Not everyone on "probation" for a traffic or parking ticket will tell you. But you know someone, believe me.

I do know what you were getting at, though.

13 posted on 11/30/2006 11:38:38 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: org.whodat
good point. I also think the key phrase is "on probation or on parole".

There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers.-Ayn Rand

Point being,damn near everything is a crime now.

14 posted on 11/30/2006 11:40:49 AM PST by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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To: Larry Lucido
where after 6 months it drops off your record

Urban myth...Nothing ever drops off your record.
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15 posted on 11/30/2006 11:42:54 AM PST by mugs99 (Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
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To: Myrddin

Good for you!!! I know Pocatello, that's a nice little place. I used to travel through there to and from Tri-Cities, WA. Or maybe on the way to the Umatilla Nat'l Forest, where we used to camp out.

People like you should be given a $$$ reward.


16 posted on 11/30/2006 11:44:18 AM PST by Froufrou
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This number will only increase when Deval Patrick takes over as Massachusetts Governor.


17 posted on 11/30/2006 11:45:28 AM PST by johnthebaptistmoore
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To: org.whodat; Kenton; Leatherneck_MT

I'm amazed how I initially missed the liberal spin, but thanks to Kenton I've been Hannitized...


18 posted on 11/30/2006 11:47:15 AM PST by Froufrou
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To: mugs99

I know what you mean. Yes, the fact of the guilty plea is still there. More accurately, no "conviction" is entered. Lotta good it does you later when you are asked to report if you ever "entered a guilty plea" on a job application.

My point was many so-called "probationists" are everyday folks who just got a ticket taken under advisement or court-supervision, so that we get to "1 in 32 Americans in Jail, Parole."


19 posted on 11/30/2006 11:48:50 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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"Misguided policies that create harsher sentences ..."

Policies? Aren't they laws, passed by legislators, under the general will of the people and signed by a Governor?

Very elitist and anti democratic statement.
20 posted on 11/30/2006 11:49:01 AM PST by Leisler
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