World Drug War Charts. Compilation. Tables, rates. For incarceration, jail, prison, cannabis, drugs, mandatory minimums, drug related crime, etc.. The MAJORITY of the well over 2.2 million inmates in the USA are incarcerated because of the insane, racist, U.S. Drug War! The USA has less than 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's 9 million prisoners.

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With less than 5% of world population the USA has over 2.3 million of 9.2 million world prisoners! The majority of U.S. inmates are in due to the drug war.

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World Drug War Charts. Compilation. Tables, rates. For incarceration, jail, prison, cannabis, drugs, mandatory minimums, drug related crime, etc.. The MAJORITY of the well over 2.3 million inmates in the USA are incarcerated because of the insane, racist, U.S. Drug War! The USA has less than 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's 9.2 million prisoners. The USA surpassed Russia again in the year 2000, and so the USA again has the world's highest incarceration rate! It is now around 5 to 20 times higher than all other Western (long democratic traditions) nations! The US incarceration rate is over 5 times higher than it was in 1971 when President Nixon declared a "War on Drugs."

At yearend 2006 there were 7.2 million adults, or 1 in every 31 adults in the USA, or about 3.2% of adults, under correctional supervision (in jail, in prison, on probation, or on parole). - BJS

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS):
"[Evil] Texas led the Nation at yearend 2003 with 4,609 adults under correctional supervision per 100,000 adult State residents, followed by Washington State (4,350), and Delaware (4,235)...."
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/ppus03.txt and
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ppus03.pdf See Table 8.
That's 4.6% of Texas adults imprisoned, on probation, or on parole!

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*Table of Contents. After text loads, click topics below. Click TopLink, back button, or HomeKey to return here fast.

*Introduction, and links to more charts.

*CHARTS:

*U.S. incarceration rate. Timeline.
*State-by-state incarceration rates.
*U.S. Total Inmates. USA, territories.
*USA. Jail, prison, probation, parole.
*World incarceration rates.
*USA versus Netherlands (Holland).
*USA. Top 7 arrest offenses.
*USA. Sales, possession. Timeline.
*USA. % of arrests. By drug.
*Mandatory-minimum drug sentences.
*Federal drug inmates. Timeline.

*More Drug War chart pages, and other info.

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Intro. Links to more charts. [TopLink]

The best reference links for any chart are usually the links inside the tables, or the boxes just below the tables..

More charts:
*Category:Charts and graphs at the Cannabis Wiki.
*http://gallery.marihemp.com/charts

*Majority of over 2.3 million U.S. prisoners are in due to drug war. Drug offenders, plus inmates in for drug-related crimes (such as robbing to get money for drugs that are expensive because of the drug war), plus drug trade crimes, plus drug-related parole violations, etc.. The USA has the world's highest incarceration rate. The USA has 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's 9.2 million prisoners. The Drug-War Industrial Complex. Statistics, references, links, and charts:
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm and
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/majority.htm

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Charts. [TopLink]

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U.S. Incarceration Rates Timeline.
Number of prison and jail inmates per 100,000 population.
Midyear population. Rates slightly lower if yearend population.
TEXAS rates at the chart end:
1014 in 1999. 966 in 2001.
That is 1% of Texans imprisoned!

1925 to 1977 incarceration rates are estimates based on prison rates. 1925 to 1977 jail rates are estimated to be 50% of prison rates. The 2 rates are added together to get the 1925-77 incarceration rate. High* and low rates are shown for 1925-77. See endnotes.
	Year	Incarceration Rate.	Total inmates in prisons and jails.	USA. Total Midyear Population.
Some key years. 1968. Nixon elected. 1969. Nixon in power. 1971. Nixon declares a War on Drugs. 1973. DEA begins. 1974. Nixon resigns. 6 Ronald 6 Wilson 6 Reagan 666 and Nancy Reagan. Their "Just Say NO" , Holy War on Drugs. The Beast. :) Fascism with a smiley face...	1925 1928 1932 1934 1939 1945 1950 1952 1961 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1974 1977 1978 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005	119 144 165* 164 206* 147 164* 162 179* 141 146* 143 140** 144 153 194 203 220 241 263 276 288 312 332 353 388 435 458 480 503 524 558 595 610 639 658 678 686 688 707 718 729 742	452,790 501,886 555,114 610,767 645,713 681,282 742,939 799,171 856,906 949,659 1,076,670 1,146,401 1,216,664 1,292,347 1,364,881 1,469,947 1,585,586 1,646,020 1,743,643 1,816,931 1,893,115 1,937,482 1,961,247 2,033,022 2,085,620 2,135,901 2,193,798	222,585,000 227,726,463 229,966,237 232,187,835 234,307,207 236,348,292 238,466,283 240,650,755 242,803,533 245,021,414 247,341,697 250,131,894 253,492,503 256,894,189 260,255,352 263,435,673 266,557,091 269,667,391 272,911,760 276,115,288 279,294,713 282,338,631 285,023,886 287,675,526 290,342,554 293,027,571 295,734,134
Add in 126,561 inmates (Juvenile, U.S. Territories, etc.) to get total inmates.			+126,561	+4,327,569

	2005	773	2,320,359	300,061,703
		Total incarceration rate per 100,000 population.	Total inmates in U.S.A. and its Territories	Total population of U.S.A. and its Territories (4,327,569).

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/rates.htm mirror page.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/rates.htm mirror page.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/p05.pdf and
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/pripropr.htm and
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/p05.htm and
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables/corr2tab.htm and
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/usaterr.htm and
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbprint.html Population.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim99.htm 1999 USA.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim99.pdf -1999 USA
state-by-state incarceration rates chart is Table 11.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim01.htm -2001 links.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim01.pdf -2001 USA
state-by-state incarceration rates chart is Table 16.
2001 Federal rate of 49 can be calculated from Table 1.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/sheets/pjim01.zip -2001 USA
spreadsheets. See tables 1 and 16. Use MS Excel, etc..
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/worldbrief/usa.html state
rates map. Latest. Click any U.S. state name on the map.

The last link above is a clickable U.S. map of
state-by-state incarceration rates.
The rates are for inmates per 100,000 state population.
Note that no state in the USA has a rate less than 200.
Bush was governor of Texas 1994-2000. His legacy:
Louisiana (1025) and TEXAS (1014)
(under Bush) had the highest rates in 1999.
In 2001 (see the 4 links just above) it was
Louisiana (1013) and TEXAS (966)
that again had the highest incarceration rates with
1% of their populations imprisoned.
2001 Federal incarceration rate of 49 was NOT
added in to those numbers. In the USA it costs
around $25,000 average per year for each inmate.
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS): "At midyear 2005,
nearly 4.7 percent of black males were in prison
or jail, compared to 1.9 percent of Hispanic males,
and 0.7 percent of white males. Among males in
their late 20s, nearly 12 percent of black males,
compared to 3.9 percent of Hispanic males and
1.7 percent of white males, were incarcerated"
Above BJS quote is from the link below:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/pjim05pr.htm __

*1925 to 1977 incarceration rates are estimates
based on prison rates from the Bureau of Justice
Statistics document NCJ 102494, State and
Federal Prisoners, 1925-85. Info is also in
NCJ 85861. The 1925-1977 jail rates are
estimated as 50% of prison rates. Prison rate plus
jail rate equals total incarceration rate. Sources:

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t6282004.pdf
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/wk1/t6282004.wk1
http://www.ncjrs.gov/bjsonlineorders/feepubs.html
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/paperonly.htm
http://www.monthlyreview.org/0701fig1.pdf
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/govpubs/sourcebook/1995/pdf/t6001.pdf
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/govpubs/sourcebook/1995/pdf/t6002.pdf
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/govpubs/sourcebook/1995/pdf/t6003.pdf
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/govpubs/sourcebook/1995/pdf/t6004.pdf

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1145/a06.html and
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/gop.htm and
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/dea/pubs/briefing/1_2.htm __

Note that in the 50 year period between 1928-78 the overall incarceration rate stayed within a narrow range of 140 to 206. Federal alcohol Prohibition was in effect from 1920 to 1933. Federal marijuana prohibition began in 1937. The U.S. incarceration rate has QUINTUPLED since 1971 when Republican President Richard Nixon declared the "War on Drugs." 1973 was the year Nixon's DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) began.

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Imprisonment rates per 100,000 population.
2001. U.S. State Incarceration Rates. Descending order.	Followed by alphabetical list.
1013 Louisiana _966 Texas _963 District of Columbia _952 Georgia _895 Delaware _852 Mississippi _812 Oklahoma _792 Alabama _772 Florida _756 South Carolina _734 Nevada _720 Virginia _720 Arizona _697 California _667 Alaska _657 Maryland _647 Tennessee _644 Michigan _623 Missouri _613 Idaho _605 Wisconsin _605 New Mexico _597 Colorado _597 Arkansas _569 Kentucky _560 North Carolina _558 Ohio _546 New York _545 Indiana _533 Pennsylvania _524 Connecticut _521 Wyoming _512 Illinois _503 New Jersey _501 South Dakota _498 Oregon _489 Kansas _468 Montana _457 Washington _424 Utah _416 Hawaii _376 Iowa _359 Massachusetts _349 Nebraska _339 West Virginia _325 New Hampshire _315 Rhode Island _265 North Dakota _226 Vermont _225 Minnesota _222 Maine	_792 Alabama _667 Alaska _720 Arizona _597 Arkansas _697 California _597 Colorado _524 Connecticut _895 Delaware _963 District of Columbia _772 Florida _952 Georgia _416 Hawaii _613 Idaho _512 Illinois _545 Indiana _376 Iowa _489 Kansas _569 Kentucky 1013 Louisiana _222 Maine _657 Maryland _359 Massachusetts _644 Michigan _225 Minnesota _852 Mississippi _623 Missouri _468 Montana _349 Nebraska _734 Nevada _325 New Hampshire _503 New Jersey _605 New Mexico _546 New York _560 North Carolina _265 North Dakota _558 Ohio _812 Oklahoma _498 Oregon _533 Pennsylvania _315 Rhode Island _756 South Carolina _501 South Dakota _647 Tennessee _966 Texas _424 Utah _226 Vermont _720 Virginia _457 Washington _339 West Virginia _605 Wisconsin _521 Wyoming
U.S. state rates map. Click any state name on the map: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/worldbrief/usa.html http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbprint.html Population. http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/rates.htm USA rates. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim01.htm 2001 USA. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim01.pdf -2001 USA state-by-state incarceration rates chart is Table 16. 2001 federal prison rate of 49 is calculated from Table 1. State incarceration rates do not include federal prison rate. State rates are calculated from inmates in jails and state prisons.

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Total inmates. USA, territories, juvenile, etc.. [TopLink]

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2,320,359 total inmates. Yearend 2005.
USA, U.S. Territories, and U.S. Commonwealths.
Jail, prison, BICE, juvenile, Indian jails, military, etc.. See:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/p05.pdf -see page one.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/pripropr.htm
That is 773 imprisoned per 100,000 population.
That is 0.773 percent of the population.
1 in 129 people incarcerated.

_____________________________________________
Federal_inmates_in_nonsecure_privately_______
__operated_facilities._Yearend_2005.____7,144
Federal_prisons._Yearend_2005.________179,220
State_prisons._Yearend_2005.________1,259,905
_____________________________________________
Total_Federal_and_State_Prisoners.__1,446,269
_____________________________________________
Local_jails._June_30,_2005.___________747,529
_____________________________________________
Total._Main_prisons_and_jails.______2,193,798
_____________________________________________
Juvenile_facilities._2003._____________96,655
U.S._Territorial_prisons._2005.________15,735
BICE._Bureau_of_Immigration_and______________
_Customs Enforcement_(was_INS)._2005___10,104
Military_prisons._2005._________________2,322
Indian_country_jails._Midyear_2004._____1,745
_____________________________________________
Total_of_section_just_above.__________126,561
_____________________________________________
GRAND_TOTAL._USA_and_territories.___2,320,359
_____________________________________________
The_Courier_New_font_lines_up_the_columns.___

BICE is Bureau of Immigration and Custom
Enforcement. INS is Immigration and
Naturalization Service.
Main U.S. Territories and Commonwealths are
American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana
Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
Their total population in 2005._____4,327,569
Midyear 2005 U.S. population._____295,734,134
USA and territories population.___300,061,703

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/usaterr.htm mirror page.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/usaterr.htm mirror page.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbprint.html Population.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108295.html All U.S. islands.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables/corr2tab.htm Prisons.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/p04.txt Some dates.

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USA_and_Territories.__Population_in_2005.
_________________________________________
Main_U.S._territories.___________________
_________________________________________
American_Samoa.____________________57,881
Northern_Marianas._________________80,362
U.S._Virgin_Islands.______________108,708
Guam._____________________________168,564
Puerto_Rico.____________________3,912,054
_________________________________________
Main_U.S._Territories_pop.______4,327,569
_________________________________________
Midyear_U.S._population.______295,734,134
_________________________________________
Total._U.S._and_Territories.__300,061,703
_________________________________________

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/usaterr.htm mirror page.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/usaterr.htm mirror page.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbprint.html Population.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbconf.html and
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html and
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108295.html All U.S. islands.
http://www.doi.gov/oia/commerce/comstatpage.htm and
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbctys.html

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USA. Almost 7.1 million adults were under correctional
supervision (jail, prison, parole, probation) at yearend 2005.
That's 1 in 32 adults, or
almost 3.2% of the USA's total adult population.
At yearend 2003 TEXAS led
with 4.6% of its adults. See end of chart.

_______________________________________________________
______Probation__Jail_______Prison___Parole___Total____
_______________________________________________________
1975_________________________________143,164___________
1976_________________________________147,539___________
1977____816,525_____________285,486__173,632___________
1978____899,305__158,394____294,396__177,847__1,529,900
1979__1,080,385_____________301,470__217,697___________
1980__1,118,097__183,988____319,598__220,438__1,842,100
1981__1,225,934__196,785____360,029__225,539__2,008,300
1982__1,357,264__209,582____402,914__224,604__2,194,400
1983__1,582,947__223,551____423,898__246,440__2,476,800
1984__1,740,948__234,500____448,264__266,992__2,690,700
1985__1,968,712__256,615____487,593__300,203__3,013,100
1986__2,114,621__274,444____526,436__325,638__3,241,100
1987__2,247,158__295,873____562,814__355,505__3,461,400
1988__2,356,483__343,569____607,766__407,977__3,715,800
1989__2,522,125__395,553____683,367__456,803__4,057,800
1990__2,670,234__405,320____743,382__531,407__4,350,300
1991__2,728,472__426,479____792,535__590,442__4,537,900
1992__2,811,611__444,584____850,566__658,601__4,765,400
1993__2,903,061__459,804____909,381__676,100__4,948,300
1994__2,981,022__486,474____990,147__690,371__5,148,000
1995__3,077,861__507,044__1,078,542__679,421__5,342,900
1996__3,164,996__518,492__1,127,528__679,733__5,490,700
1997__3,296,513__567,079__1,176,564__694,787__5,734,900
1998__3,670,441__592,462__1,224,469__696,385__6,134,200
1999__3,779,922__605,943__1,287,172__714,457__6,340,800
2000__3,826,209__621,149__1,316,333__723,898__6,445,100
2001__3,931,731__631,240__1,330,007__732,333__6,581,700
2002__4,024,067__665,475__1,367,547__750,934__6,758,800
2003__4,120,012__691,301__1,390,279__769,925__6,924,500
2004__4,143,466__713,990__1,421,911__771,852__6,995,300
2005__4,162,536__747,529__1,446,269__784,408__7,056,000
_______________________________________________________
______Probation__Jail_____Prison_____Parole___Total____
_______________________________________________________
The_Courier_New_font_lines_up_the_columns._____________

Yearly totals are rounded off to nearest hundred. There are
state and federal prisons. Jails are local and county lockups.

Use the free Adobe Reader for the pdf files.
Unzip the spreadsheets and then use MS Excel, etc..
Quote from the 2 links just above. Emphasis added:
"Texas led the Nation at yearend 2003
with 4,609 adults under correctional supervision per
100,000 adult State residents, followed by Washington
State (4,350), and Delaware (4,235) (table 8)."
That's 4.6% of Texas adults imprisoned, on probation, or on parole!
Calculations from Table 8 show that 1337 Texas adults
out of 100,000 are in prison or jail.
That's 1.34% of Texas adults imprisoned!

*Jail Inmates in Custody. Got 1978 figure here.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/data/corpop09.wk1
*Prisoners in Custody. A 1978 figure here.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/data/corpop10.wk1
*Adults on Probation. For 1977-1979 figures.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/data/corpop11.wk1
*Adults on Parole. For 1975-79 figures.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/data/corpop12.wk1
*Prisoners sentenced to more than a year. 1977-79 figures.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/data/corpop01.wk1

Use MS Excel or other spreadsheet for the wk1 files listed above. Just click on the URLs or file, and if asked, designate Excel or other spreadsheet. It will then open the file automatically.

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"Over 9 million people are held in penal institutions throughout the world, mostly as pre-trial detainees (remand prisoners) or having been convicted and sentenced. ... Most figures relate to dates between late 1999 and November 2003." -- World Prison Population List (5th edition), published in 2004.

http://www.aic.gov.au/stats/international/wpl.html and
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r234.pdf and
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/world.htm

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World Prison Population Rates.
In descending order.
From World Prison Population List.
5th edition: "Most figures relate to dates
between late 1999 and November 2003."
There is a 6th edition here:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/world-prison-population-list-2005.pdf
The very latest list is found on this web page:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/worldbrief/highest_to_lowest_rates.html

Rates are calculated for the total number of
prisoners in penal institutions, including pre-trial
detainees. Incarceration rates of 210 independent
countries and dependent territories. Use "find" in
the edit menu to locate one here.

Imprisonment RATE per 100,000 population.
"c" means the rate is an estimate.
There are links and more notes at the end of the list.
Use free Adobe Reader to see more notes in pdf file:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r234.pdf
It has dates, national populations, inmate totals, etc..

For comparison purposes the 2 U.S. states with the
highest rates (Texas and Louisiana) are in the list:
1014____Texas 1999 (governor George W. Bush)
1013____Louisiana 2001
966_____Texas 2001
715_____United States of America
584_____Russian Federation
554_____Belarus
532_____Bermuda (UK)
523_____Palau
522_____Virgin Islands (USA)
501_____Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)
c.489___Turkmenistan
c.487___Cuba
459_____Belize
437_____Suriname
420_____Dominica
416_____Ukraine
414_____Maldive Islands
410_____Bahamas
402_____South Africa
390_____Kyrgyzstan
388_____Singapore
386_____Kazakhstan
378_____Puerto Rico (USA)
367_____Barbados
364_____Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)
354_____Panama
351_____Trinidad and Tobago
340_____Thailand
339_____Estonia
339_____Latvia
338_____St Kitts and Nevis
334_____Guam (USA)
333_____Grenada
327_____Botswana
324_____French Guiana/Guyane (France)
324_____Swaziland
303_____Mongolia
297_____Moldova (Republic of)
278_____Antigua and Barbuda
270_____St Vincent and the Grenadines
267_____Namibia
253_____Tunisia
c.250___United Arab Emirates
248_____Taiwan
243_____American Samoa (USA)
243_____St Lucia
237_____Aruba (Netherlands)
234_____Lithuania
229_____Costa Rica
215_____Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
214_____Mauritius
210_____Poland
209_____Uruguay
207_____Seychelles
204_____Chile
198_____Azerbaijan
194_____Iran
190_____Romania
189_____Hong Kong (China)
188_____Jersey (United Kingdom)
184_____Macau (China)
184_____Uzbekistan
178_____Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)
178_____Czech Republic
177_____Greenland (Denmark)
176_____Jamaica
176_____Morocco
175_____Guyana
174_____Israel
173_____Libya
172_____Honduras
169_____Brazil
169_____Mexico
165_____Georgia
165_____Hungary
165_____Slovakia
164_____Martinique (France)
161_____Malaysia
161_____New Zealand
161_____Tajikistan
c.160___Zimbabwe
159_____Guadeloupe (France)
158_____El Salvador
158_____Samoa (formerly Western Samoa)
157_____Dominican Republic
156_____Northern Mariana Islands (USA)
155_____Bahrain
146_____Lebanon
144_____Spain
143_____Lesotho
143_____Nicaragua
143_____Reunion (France)
142_____United Kingdom: England & Wales
139_____New Caledonia (France)
134_____United Kingdom: Scotland
132_____Brunei Darussalam
130_____Madagascar
129_____Burundi
129_____Cameroon
129_____Portugal
128_____Guernsey (United Kingdom)
127_____Bulgaria
126_____Colombia
125_____Republic of (South) Korea
c.121___Egypt
121_____Zambia
120_____French Polynesia (France)
119_____China
118_____Myanmar (formerly Burma)
117_____Fiji
116_____Canada
116_____Tanzania
114_____Australia
112_____Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
112_____Netherlands
112_____Peru
111_____Kenya
111_____Luxembourg
110_____Algeria
110_____Central African Republic
110_____Saudi Arabia
109_____Rwanda
108_____Serbia and Montenegro: Montenegro
107_____Argentina
106_____Jordan
106_____Tonga
105_____Albania
105_____Sri Lanka
102_____Bolivia
102_____Kuwait
100_____Austria
100_____Italy
96______Germany
95______France
95______Mayotte (France)
95______Qatar
94______Philippines
93______Syria
92______Armenia
c.92____Ethiopia
92______Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
92______Serbia and Montenegro: Serbia
92______Turkey
90______Andorra
90______Cook Islands (New Zealand)
c.89____Uganda
88______Belgium
87______Ireland, Republic of
83______Greece
83______Yemen
81______Benin
81______Oman
79______Sao Tome e Principe
78______Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of)
76______Venezuela
75______Paraguay
75______Sweden
72______Denmark
72______Malta
72______Switzerland
71______Finland
71______United Kingdom: Northern Ireland
71______Vietnam
70______Malawi
68______Guatemala
67______Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska
66______Papua New Guinea
64______Croatia
64______Norway
62______Ivory Coast
61______Djibouti
59______Ecuador
59______Pakistan
59______Slovenia
c.57____Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)
56______Kiribati
56______Tuvalu
54______Japan
54______Senegal
54______Serbia and Montenegro: Kosovo/Kosova
53______Haiti
53______Liechtenstein
52______Ghana
c.52____Niger
51______Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation
50______Bangladesh
50______Cyprus
50______Mozambique
48______Mauritania
48______Nauru
46______Chad
46______Togo
45______Cambodia
44______Angola
44______Marshall Islands
44______Vanuatu
41______Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor)
40______Iceland
39______Monaco
38______Congo (Brazzaville)
38______Indonesia
37______Republic of Guinea
c.36____Sudan
34______Mali
34______Micronesia, Federated States of
33______Nigeria
32______Gambia
31______Solomon Islands
c.30____Comoros
29______India
29______Nepal
28______Faeroe Islands (Denmark)
23______Burkina Faso

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Incarceration RATE per 100,000 population. You can
divide it by a thousand to get the percentage of
the national population imprisoned. Or just move
the decimal point to the left 3 places. 1000
prisoners per 100,000 population is 1.000 percent
of the population imprisoned.

"Over 9 million people are held in penal
institutions throughout the world, mostly as pre-
trial detainees (remand prisoners) or having been
convicted and sentenced." -- World Prison
Population List (fifth edition), published in
2004. Top 3 links below are for mirror pages with
web page charts of rates of nations in descending
or alphabetical order:

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/world.htm Charts mirror.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/world.htm Charts mirror.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html Population.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbprint.html Population.
World Prison Population List. By region:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps -Multiple languages.
http://www.prisonstudies.org -Easy-to-remember URL.
http://www.aic.gov.au/stats/international/wpl.html -All editions.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r234.pdf <-- 5th edition. 6th -->
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/world-prison-population-list-2005.pdf
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/worldbrief/world_brief.html
Click above link for incarceration rate maps worldwide.
For highest to lowest prison populations, rates, regions, etc.:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/worldbrief/highest_to_lowest_rates.html

U.S. state rates map. Click any state name on the map:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/worldbrief/usa.html
http://corporatism.tripod.com/rates.htm USA rates.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/rates.htm U.S. state rates.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim01.htm 2001 USA.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim01.pdf -2001 USA
state-by-state incarceration rates chart is Table 16.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim99.htm 1999 USA.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim99.pdf -1999 USA
state-by-state incarceration rates chart is Table 11.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html Population.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbprint.html Population.
Click, enter nation or state, and click again:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22prison+population+rate%22

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The Netherlands (Holland) versus the USA. Drug use.
Effectiveness of Holland's harm reduction drug policies.
Drug use percentages. Drug use in the population of 12 years
and older in the USA and the Netherlands. 1997.

__________________________________________________
__________Used__________Used__________Used________
__________ever._________past_year.____past_month._
__________USA__Holland__USA__Holland__USA__Holland
__________________________________________________
tobacco___70.5*_67.9____32.7*_38.1____29.6*_34.3__
cannabis__32.9__15.6_____9_____4.5_____5.1___2.5__
cocaine___10.5___2.1_____1.9___0.6_____0.7___0.2__
inhalants__5.7___0.5_____1.1___0.1_____0.4____NM__
alcohol___81.9__90.2____64.1__82.5____51.4__73.3__
heroin_____0.9___0.3_____0.3___0.1______NM____NM__
NM_=_not_measurable.____*cigarettes_only__________
__________________________________________________
The_Courier_New_font_lines_up_the_columns.________

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/holland.htm mirror page.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/holland.htm mirror page.
http://www.frw.uva.nl/cedro/lib/abraham.npo97.html and
http://www.cannabisireland.com/statistics.html -Many charts.
http://www.marijuananews.com/marijuananews/cowan/new_dutch_drug_use_data_shows_su.htm

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The Netherlands (Holland) versus
the USA and the UK.
Cannabis and Drug Use.
Effectiveness of Holland's harm reduction drug policies.

Issue____________________USA___Holland__U.K.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Per_capita_spending_________________________
____on_drug_related_________________________
____law_enforcement._____$81_____$27________
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Numbers_in_next_4_items_are_percentages.____
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Last_month_use_of___________________________
____marijuana_by_high____23.7____18.1_______
____school_seniors.______1997____1996_______
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Last_month_use_of___________________________
____cannabis_by_15_year_____________________
____olds_in_1995.________16______15______24_
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Any_lifetime_use____________________________
____of_cannabis_by__________________________
____older_teens._1994.___38______30_________
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Any_lifetime_use_of_________________________
____cannabis_by_15_year_____________________
____olds_in_1995.________34______29______41_
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Next_3_items:_Rates_per_100,000_population._
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1997_Incarceration_rate._645_____73_________
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Heroin_addicts._1995.____430_____160________
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Murder_rate._1996._______8.22____1.8________
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Issue____________________USA___Holland__U.K.
____________________________________________
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http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/holland.htm mirror page.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/holland.htm mirror page.
http://www.cannabisireland.com/statistics.html -Many charts.
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/drugs/news/holland.htm and
http://www.netherlands-embassy.org/c_drugstat.html and

http://www.netherlands-embassy.org/c_hltdru.html and
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n600.a05.html/all and
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98/n596/a06.html and
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n601.a04.html/ and
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n613.a02.html/all and
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n655.a05.html/all and
http://www.csdp.org/ads/ and
http://www.frw.uva.nl/cedro/library/craig/mccaffrey.html and
See "Pinocchio McCaffrey" ad in link just above.

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USA 2005. Estimated totals of top 7 arrest offenses.

14,094,200 Total arrests*
_________________________
_1,846,400 Drug abuse violations.
_1,371,900 Driving under the influence.
_1,301,400 Simple assaults.
_1,146,700 Larceny/theft.
___678,200 Disorderly conduct.
___597,800 Liquor laws.
___556,200 Drunkenness.

* "Arrest totals are based on all reporting
agencies and estimates for unreported
areas. Source: FBI, Uniform Crime Reports,
Crime in the United States, annually."

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcf/enforce.htm and
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm and
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/arrests.htm mirror page.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/arrests.htm mirror page.

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USA. Estimated number of arrests,
by type of drug law violation, 1982-2005.

______________________________
_________Sale_or______________
_____manufacture.___Possession
______________________________
1982_____137,900_______538,100
1983_____146,200_______515,200
1984_____155,800_______552,600
1985_____192,300_______619,100
1986_____206,800_______617,300
1987_____241,800_______695,600
1988_____316,500_______838,700
1989_____441,200_______920,500
1990_____344,300_______745,200
1991_____337,300_______672,700
1992_____338,000_______728,400
1993_____334,500_______791,800
1994_____360,800_______990,600
1995_____367,500_____1,108,600
1996_____375,000_____1,131,200
1997_____324,600_____1,259,000
1998_____330,500_____1,228,600
1999_____298,800_____1,233,400
2000_____300,100_____1,279,500
2001_____307,900_____1,279,000
2002_____303,100_____1,235,700
2003_____330,600_____1,347,600
2004_____319,500_____1,426,200
2005_____337,900_____1,508,500

"Note: Data may not add to published
totals due to rounding in calculations.
Source: FBI, Crime in the United States,
annual, Uniform Crime Reports"

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcf/tables/salespos.htm and
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcf/enforce.htm and
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm and
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/arrests.htm mirror page.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/arrests.htm mirror page.

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USA. 2005. Percent of arrests for various drugs.
Source chart also breaks this down by region:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcf/enforce.htm

___________________
100.0 % Total*
___________________
18.3 % Sale or manufacture*
----
_8.0 Heroin or cocaine
_4.9 Marijuana
_1.4 Synthetic or manufactured drugs
_4.0 Other dangerous nonnarcotic drugs
___________________
81.7 % Possession*
----
22.2 Heroin or cocaine
37.7 Marijuana
_3.4 Synthetic or manufactured drugs
18.3 Other nonnarcotic drugs
___________________

* "Because of rounding, percentages may not
add to total. Source: FBI, Uniform Crime Reports,
Crime in the United States, annually."

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcf/enforce.htm and
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm and
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/arrests.htm mirror page.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/arrests.htm mirror page.

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U.S. Federal Mandatory-Minimum Drug Sentences.
For non-violent possession. Sentences double if prior felony drug convictions.
For second-tier offenses: Mandatory life sentence if 2 prior felony drug convictions.
Most states also have mandatory minimums of various kinds.

_________________First_tier.________Second_tier.
________________________________________________
_________________5_year_sentence________10_years
Type_of_Drug.____without_parole._______No_parole
________________________________________________
LSD______________1_gram._10_to_20_______10_grams
_________________doses_if_carrier_______________
_________________weight_included._______________
________________________________________________
Marijuana________100_plants__________1000_plants
_________________or_100_kilos._____or_1000_kilos
________________________________________________
Crack_cocaine____5_grams._1_to_10_______50_grams
_________________day_supply_for_________________
_________________heavy_user.____________________
________________________________________________
Powder_cocaine___500_grams_______________5_kilos
________________________________________________
Heroin___________100_grams________________1_kilo
________________________________________________
Methamphetamine__5_grams._3_to_10_______50_grams
_________________day_supply_for_________________
_________________heavy_user.____________________
________________________________________________
PCP______________10_grams______________100_grams
________________________________________________
The_Courier_New_font_lines_up_the_columns.______

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/mandatory.htm mirror page.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/mandatory.htm mirror page.
http://www.famm.org/si_federal_sentencing.htm and
http://www.famm.org/pdfs/Primer.pdf and
http://www.famm.org/pdfs/fedbroch2.pdf and
http://www.bop.gov/about/facts.jsp and
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/nra.htm __

Use the free Adobe Reader to view the pdf file.
1 kilo is equal to 2.2 pounds.
1 kilo is 1 kilogram, which equals 1000 grams.
1 pound equals 454 grams. 1 ounce equals 28.35 grams.
A gram roughly equals a single packet of sweetener.
1 gram of powder cocaine is turned into 0.89 grams of crack.
Per capita use of crack is higher among whites than blacks.

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USA. Percentage of federal prison population who are
drug offenders. Timeline. 1970 onwards.

___________________________________________________
Year_____Total_____Total______Total______Percentage
_______sentenced___sentenced__sentenced__of________
_________and_______pop._______drug_______sentenced_
_____unsentenced______________offenders__prisoners_
______population_________________________who_are___
_________________________________________drug______
_________________________________________offenders_
___________________________________________________
1970______21,266___20,686_____3,384______16.3%
1971______20,891___20,529_____3,495______17__
1972______22,090___20,729_____3,523______16.9
1973______23,336___22,038_____5,652______25.6
1974______23,690___21,769_____6,203______28.4
1975______23,566___20,692_____5,540______26.7
1976______27,033___24,135_____6,425______26.6
1977______29,877___25,673_____6,743______26.2
1978______27,674___23,501_____5,981______25.4
1979______24,810___21,539_____5,468______25.3
1980______24,252___19,023_____4,749______24.9
1981______26,195___19,765_____5,076______25.6
1982______28,133___20,938_____5,518______26.3
1983______30,214___26,027_____7,201______27.6
1984______32,317___27,622_____8,152______29.5
1985______36,042___27,623_____9,491______34.3
1986______37,542___30,104____11,344______37.7
1987______41,609___33,246____13,897______41.8
1988______41,342___33,758____15,087______44.7
1989______47,568___37,758____18,852______49.9
1990______54,613___46,575____24,297______52.2
1991______61,026___52,176____29,667______56.9
1992______67,768___59,516____35,398______59.5
1993______76,531___68,183____41,393______60.7
1994______82,269___73,958____45,367______61.3
1995______85,865___76,947____46,669______60.7
1996______89,672___80,872____49,096______60.7
1997______95,513___87,294____52,059______59.6
1998_____104,507___95,323____55,984______58.7
1999_____115,024__104,500____60,399______57.8
2000_____123,141__112,329____63,898______56.9
2001_____131,419__120,829____67,037______55.5
2002_____139,183__128,090____70,009______54.7
2003_____148,731__137,536____75,801______55.1
2004_____154,706__143,864____77,867______54.1
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"Note: These data represent prisoners housed in Federal
Bureau of Prisons facilities; prisoners housed in contract
facilities are not included. Data for 1970-76 are for June 30;
beginning in 1977, data are for September 30."
The 2004 stats in the chart are for November 4.

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/federal.htm mirror page.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/federal.htm mirror page.
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/ind/DRUGS.Prisoners.Federal.2.html
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t657.pdf and
http://www.bop.gov/news/weekly_report.jsp Weekly stats.
http://www.bop.gov/about/facts.jsp Quick facts.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables/corr2tab.htm __

From the link just above: State and Federal prisoners
totaled 1,421,911 in 2004. Jails held another 713,990.
The "quick facts" link has detailed stats on race, gender,
ethnicity, offenses, sentences, nationality, total inmates, etc..

From the July 2000 report, "Poor Prescription: The Costs of Imprisoning Drug Offenders in the United States" one finds this: "Nearly one in four persons (23.7%) imprisoned in the United States is currently imprisoned for a drug offense. The number of persons behind bars for drug offenses (458,131) is roughly the same as the entire prison and jail population in 1980 (474,368)." If drug-war-related crimes are added in, such as burglary, theft, robbery, larceny, and murder for money to buy drugs (which are expensive due to the drug war); and parole violations due to drugs; then the MAJORITY of inmates in jails, state prisons, and federal prisons in the USA are incarcerated due to the drug war.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/majority.htm and
http://www.cjcj.org/drug/exsumm.html and
http://www.drcnet.org/wol/index.html#distortion and
http://drcnet.org/wol/147.html#risingnumbers and
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/drc.htm and
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/drrc.pdf and
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/ind/DRUGS.Prisoners.Federal.2.html and
http://www.bop.gov/news/weekly_report.jsp Weekly stats.
http://www.bop.gov/about/facts.jsp Quick facts.

From the last 2 links just above:

TOTAL FEDERAL INMATE POPULATION: 192,198.
Total sentenced population: 174,392
Inmates in Bureau of Prisons facilities: 162,313
Inmates in privately-managed secure facilities: 18,751
Inmates in other contract facilities: 11,134
INMATES BY GENDER.
Male: 179,257 (93.3 %)
Female: 12,941 (6.7 %)
INMATES BY RACE.
White: 108,374 (56.4 %)
Black: 77,282 (40.2 %)
Native American: 3,325 (1.7 %)
Asian: 3,217 (1.7 %)
ETHNICITY.
Hispanic: 60,364 (31.4 %)
These figures are as of September 23, 2006.

For more stats and info on where all the federal prisoners are housed:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/p04pr.htm

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