The number of people incarcerated for drug offenses in federal prisons in the United States has ballooned since 1980. There were 73,204 inmates in federal prisons on drug offenses in 2019; the corresponding number in 1980 was 4,749.
Number of people incarcerated in federal prisons for drug offenses in the United States from 1980 to 2019
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Statistics on Prison system in Romania
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Incarceration rate in Romania 2008-2020
- Basic Statistic Recidivism rate in the prison population in Romania 2008-2019
- Basic Statistic Number of detainees in Romanian prisons 2003-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of new detainees in Romanian prisons 2015-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of people convicted in Romania 2019, by type of criminal sentence
- Basic Statistic Number of prisoners convicted by final decision in Romania 2009-2019
- Premium Statistic Number of prisoners in Romania 2019, by length of prison sentence
- Basic Statistic Number of prisoners in Romania 2009-2019, by type of crime committed
Prison deaths
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Female prison population
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Juvenile prison population
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- Premium Statistic Juveniles in educational centers in Romania 2021, by gender and facility
- Premium Statistic Juveniles in detention centers in Romania 2020-2021, by facility
- Premium Statistic Number of juvenile defendants convicted by final court decision in Romania 2017-2019
- Premium Statistic Juvenile defendants convicted by final court decision in Romania 2017-2019, by gender
Pre-trial detention population
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- Premium Statistic Number of detainees in pre-trial imprisonment in Romania 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Detainees on pre-trial detention rate in Romania 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Juvenile defendants in pre-trial detention in Romania 2014-2019
- Basic Statistic Foreign people in police custody in Romania 2009-2019
Prison exits
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- Premium Statistic Number of detainees exiting Romanian prisons 2015-2020
- Basic Statistic Number of prisoners eligible for parole in Romania 2015-2020
- Basic Statistic Number of prisoners released on parole in Romania 2015-2020
- Basic Statistic Number of prisoners released from penitentiary units in Romania 2015-2020
Penitentiary system
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- Basic Statistic Approved budget for the Romanian prison system 2009-2020
- Basic Statistic Revenue of the penitentiary system in Romania 2020, by prison
- Basic Statistic Average cost for a detainee in Romania 2009-2019
- Basic Statistic Prison staff in Romania 2015-2020
- Basic Statistic Prison personnel in Romania 2009-2020, by activity sector
- Premium Statistic Ratio of inmates per prison staff in Romania 2018-2020
- Premium Statistic Ratio of inmates per prison staff solely dedicated to custody in Romania 2018-2020
- Basic Statistic Ratio of detainees to prison capacity in Romania 2003-2018
Miscellaneous
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- Premium Statistic Guarantees granted by Romania during EAW proceedings 2019, by requesting country
- Basic Statistic Damages paid as a result of ECtHR judgments in Romania 2008-2020
- Premium Statistic Mobile phones confiscated in Romanian prisons 2009-2020, by moment of confiscation
- Premium Statistic Number of prison-breaks in Romania 2009-2020
- Premium Statistic Substances likely to be narcotic discovered and seized in Romanian prisons 2009-2020
Further related statistics
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- Number of people incarcerated for drug offenses U.S.1980-2019, by institution
- Number of women incarcerated in the U.S. 1980-2019
- Felony disenfranchisement share in the U.S. in 2016, by race
- Incarceration rate in the U.S. 2019, by race and gender
- Number of people serving life sentences in the U.S. 1984-2016
- Number of people serving life sentences without parole in the U.S. 1992-2016
- Distribution of prisoners in France 2021, by nationality
- Number of prisoners in France 1992-2022, by nationality
- Fatalities in the Mexican drug war from 2009 to 2011, by region
- Availability and use of legal highs in Europe 2013
- Volume of amphetamine seized Saudi Arabia 2007-2017
- Knowledge of youth about drug distribution sites in Poland 2018
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- Number of people incarcerated for drug offenses U.S.1980-2019, by institution
- Number of women incarcerated in the U.S. 1980-2019
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- Incarceration rate in the U.S. 2019, by race and gender
- Number of people serving life sentences in the U.S. 1984-2016
- Number of people serving life sentences without parole in the U.S. 1992-2016
- Distribution of prisoners in France 2021, by nationality
- Number of prisoners in France 1992-2022, by nationality
- Fatalities in the Mexican drug war from 2009 to 2011, by region
- Availability and use of legal highs in Europe 2013
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- Knowledge of youth about drug distribution sites in Poland 2018
The Sentencing Project. (May 17, 2021). Number of people incarcerated in federal prisons for drug offenses in the United States from 1980 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 22, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/817973/number-of-people-in-federal-prisons-for-drug-offenses-in-the-us/
The Sentencing Project. "Number of people incarcerated in federal prisons for drug offenses in the United States from 1980 to 2019." Chart. May 17, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/817973/number-of-people-in-federal-prisons-for-drug-offenses-in-the-us/
The Sentencing Project. (2021). Number of people incarcerated in federal prisons for drug offenses in the United States from 1980 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 22, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/817973/number-of-people-in-federal-prisons-for-drug-offenses-in-the-us/
The Sentencing Project. "Number of People Incarcerated in Federal Prisons for Drug Offenses in The United States from 1980 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/817973/number-of-people-in-federal-prisons-for-drug-offenses-in-the-us/
The Sentencing Project, Number of people incarcerated in federal prisons for drug offenses in the United States from 1980 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/817973/number-of-people-in-federal-prisons-for-drug-offenses-in-the-us/ (last visited March 22, 2023)
Number of people incarcerated in federal prisons for drug offenses in the United States from 1980 to 2019 [Graph], The Sentencing Project, May 17, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/817973/number-of-people-in-federal-prisons-for-drug-offenses-in-the-us/