Drug charges: Increase in Inmates

Social Justice: The Severity of Drug Charges within the United states.


Upon further Research Into my Topic i found that in 1986, when they began to execute the Laws to Arrest and Imprison more people due to there infringements of drug use, that since this date the number of Inmates has gone way up.

between 1986 and 1996 the number of non-violent drug charged women went up by 421%, And insane amount imo.

It was Also Racially discriminative according to the "Mandatory Minimum Sentences" at Drugpolicy.org. The amount of African American Arrests went up 11% from the minimum Sentencing laws that were passed.

Also 80% of the prison inmates were due to drug related charges from 1985 to 1995.

http://www.drugpolicy.org/drugwar/mandatorymin/

I believe when this Law was passed in 1986 it radically effected the nation. The War on Drugs may only exist just because of the harsh sentences that are attributed to drug related charges.


I would like to say that this article was most deffinately one sided, I will try and search for one not so biased on my next blog.