Rectifying a ‘mistake’ in drug sentencing
By Derrick Z. Jackson | Saturday, March 7, 2009 | The Boston Globe
“…Huge percentages of the 1.5 million people in prison, particularly African-Americans (one in 11 African-Americans are under some form of correction), are there for nonviolent drug offenses that call out not for barbed wire, but for treatment, education, and job opportunities. The Pew study found that nine of every 10 corrections dollars went to prisons, not for rehabilitation programs….”…BS
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