Number of people incarcerated for drug offenses in the U.S., 1980 & 2016
Number of people incarcerated for drug offenses in the United States in 1980 and 2016, by institutional level
This statistic shows the number of inmates in the United States imprisoned for drug offenses in both 1980 and 2016, by the level of the corrections institution. There were 197,200 inmates in state prisons on drug offenses in 2016, the corresponding number in 1980 was 19,000.
Number of people incarcerated for drug offenses in the United States in 1980 and 2016, by institutional level
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