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Drug-war police states. U.S. state-by-state adult imprisonment rates. In descending order.

by eco man
The secret police states. This is the first time the complete U.S. state-by-state adult incarceration rates have been put on the web, as far as is known. These rates aren't listed in downloadable government spreadsheets. The rates had to be calculated from the obscure data of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Please distribute widely. While you can.
http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/rates.htm
2001. USA. By state. Adult incarceration rate per 100,000 adults. Percentage of adults incarcerated.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/rates.htm  and 
http://corporatism.tripod.com/rates.htm 
USA. 2001 state imprisonment 
rates per 100,000
adults. 
Percentages of adults 
imprisoned in jails and prisons. 
In descending order. 

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1398 Louisiana 1.398% 
1320
Texas 1.320% 
1181 Mississippi 1.181% 
1136 Delaware 1.136% 
1087 Alabama 1.087% 
1083 Oklahoma 1.083% 
1013 South Carolina 1.013% 
1000 Alaska 1.000% 
 992 Florida 0.992% 
 983 Arizona 0.983% 
 962 Virginia 0.962% 
 959 Nevada 0.959% 
 935 California 0.935% 
 875 Michigan 0.875% 
 875 Maryland 0.875% 
 864 Idaho 0.864% 
 852 Tennessee 0.852% 
 843 Missouri 0.843% 
 832 Wisconsin 0.832% 
 830 New Mexico 0.830% 
 818 Arkansas 0.818% 
 802 Colorado 0.802% 
 746 North Carolina 0.746% 
 744 Ohio 0.744% 
 740 Indiana 0.740% 
 728 Kentucky 0.728% 
 711 New York 0.711% 
 710 Pennsylvania 0.710% 
 709 South Dakota 0.709% 
 698 Wyoming 0.698% 
 678 Illinois 0.678% 
 677 Connecticut 0.677% 
 669 Oregon 0.669% 
 666 Kansas 0.666% 
 666 New Jersey 0.666% 
 651 Montana 0.651% 
 623 Utah 0.623% 
 609 Washington 0.609% 
 598 District of Columbia 0.598%
 550 Hawaii 0.550% 
 495 Iowa 0.495% 
 476 Nebraska 0.476% 
 464 Massachusetts 0.464% 
 439 New Hampshire 0.439% 
 431 West Virginia 0.431% 
 415 Rhode Island 0.415% 
 370 North Dakota 0.370% 
 308 Minnesota 0.308% 
 300 Vermont 0.300% 
 288 Maine 0.288% 
 -- Georgia -- Not calculated. 

1052 South 1.052% 
 857 West 0.857% 
 708 Midwest 0.708% 
 646 Northeast 0.646% 

 852 State 0.852% 

 +70 Federal 0.070% 
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=922 U.S. total 0.922%
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State and regional adult 
incarceration rates do not 
include
federal prison 
adult incarceration rate.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ppus01.htm  and 
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ppus01.pdf  See Table 8.  
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/sheets/ppus01.zip
  and 
http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/rates.htm
 
Data from Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Rates and percentages calculated from BJS spreadsheet with filename: ppus0108.wk1 
Table 8. Total under adult correctional supervision and number supervised per 100,000 adult residents, by jurisdiction, yearend 2001.
BJS report title: Probation and Parole in the United States, 2001 -- NCJ 195669. 
Refer questions to: askbjs@ojp.usdoj.gov (202) 307-0765.

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For more info on state rates, see the end of this chart:

*U.S. Incarceration Rates Chart. Timeline. Drug War Incarceration Nation. TEXAS rates at the chart end: 1014 in 1999. 966 in 2001. 1% of Texans incarcerated! 
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/rates.htm  and 
http://corporatism.tripod.com/rates.htm

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>6_Wilson_1981__241______555,114__230,645,000
>6_Reagan_1982__262______610,767__232,803,000
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>Nancy____1984__288______681,282__236,938,000
>Reagan.__1985__311______742,939__239,109,000
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>_________1990__457____1,146,401__250,718,000
>_________1991__480____1,216,664__253,620,000
>_________1992__504____1,292,347__256,516,000
>_________1993__527____1,364,881__259,131,000
>_________1994__562____1,469,947__261,615,000
>_________1995__598____1,577,842__264,061,000
>_________1996__614____1,637,928__266,574,000
>_________1997__645____1,734,538__269,118,000
>_________1998__665____1,806,808__271,584,000
>_________1999__690____1,890,837__274,024,000
>_________2000__699____1,933,503__276,601,000
>_________2001__703____1,962,220__279,104,000
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> http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/rates.htm and
> http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/pjim02pr.htm and
> http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables/corr2tab.htm and
> http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/usaterr.htm and 
> http://www.census.gov/population/projections/nation/summary/np-t2.txt 
> 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 52 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. 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.
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 52 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 
2002 ... Males were incarcerated at the rate of 1,309 
inmates per 100,000 U.S. men, while the female 
incarceration rate was 113 per 100,000 women residents."
BJS quote above is from link below: 
> http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/pjim02pr.htm   ___

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35 years of Republicrat EVIL.
1968 to 2003. Creating the U.S.
Drug War Incarceration Nation
of arch-drug-warriors
Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, Bush II.
Texas = state-sponsored
drug war terrorism!

Remember Tulia, Texas!
*Evil Drug War Prison Labor Camps! The Majority of the 2.16 million U.S. prisoners are incarcerated due to the Drug War! Drug crimes (24%), drug-related crimes (such as robbing to get money for drugs that are expensive because of the drug war), drug trade crimes, drug-related parole violations, etc.. The USA has 5% of the world's population and 25% (2.16 million) of the world's 8.75 million prisoners. As of the year 2000 the USA again had the world's highest incarceration rate! It is now 5 to 19 times higher than all other Western (long democratic traditions) nations. The U.S. rate is over 3 times higher than it was in 1980 during the first presidential election of far-right arch-drug-warriors Ronald (6) Wilson (6) Reagan (6) and Nancy ("Just Say No") Reagan. The U.S. rate is almost 5 times higher than in 1971 when arch-criminal "law-and-order" President Richard Nixon declared a "war on drugs." 6.5 million U.S. adults, or 3.1% of all U.S. adults, or 1 in 32 adults in the USA, were under correctional supervision (in jail, in prison, on probation, or on parole) at yearend 2000. That is when the true Millennium ended, and when the governor (1994 to 2000) of Texas, and President-select, George W. Bush, the moron Antichrist, left a legacy of a full 1% of all Texans incarcerated! 1.3% of Texas adults are imprisoned today! Bush government waste: It costs around $25,000 per prisoner per year. Texas leads all other U.S. states with 4.8 percent of the Texas adult population under correctional supervision: jail, prison, probation, parole. Statistics, references, links, and charts: 
*The majority of the 2.16 million prisoners in the USA are in due to the 666 drug war! This Reagan-Revolution, Reaganomics-era, Republican-led, "kinder gentler" Beast came slithering in wearing corporatist politicians' suits, and the robes of judges and fundamentalist ministers. Click the mirror links:  http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/majority.htm  and 
http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/majority.htm

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MMM. Million Marijuana March. 236+ cities globally.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cannabisaction
1.3% of Texas adults imprisoned!
4.8% in jail, prison, probation, or parole!
666 Texas leads the world! Texas is EVIL! ;)
Texas = state-sponsored drug-war terrorism!
Remember Tulia, Texas!
Please distribute widely.

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