The War On Drugs
Prison Growth
Prison Problems
100
The First State to approve of Marijuana for recreational use.
What is Colorado?
100
50% of the prison population
What is the percentage of drug offenders in prison?
100
$200 per inmate per night
What is revenue per inmate?
200
The president who coined the term "war on drugs" in 1971.
Who is Richard Nixion?
200
Percent by which number of prisoners in private facilities increased between 2002 and 2009
What is 35%
200
Understaffing guards and other personal
How private prisons cut costs?
300
In 2012, what agency requested just over a $2 billion budget to fight the war on drugs.
Who is the DEA?
300
Corrections Corporation of America and The Geo Group, Inc.
Who are the two biggest private prison businesses?
300
$45 million in lobbying by private prison corporations.
How much money is spent to keep harsh sentencing laws?
400
In Colorado, since Jan 1, it has dropped 10%
What is the crime drop percentage in CO due to marijuana
400
The United States ranks first with 715 for every 100,000 people
What country locks up the most people?
400
There is no difference in cost to the tax payers
What is cost saving for private prisons compared to government prisons?
500
$11 million since Jan 1st
What is amount of tax revenue made by Colorado weed legalization?
500
It has tripled since 1980
What is the incarceration rate increase in the US since 1980?.
500
65% more frequent in private prisons compared to federal prisons
What is the assault rate in private prison?
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