{"id":1790,"date":"2011-07-08T08:43:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T12:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/1-in-13-georgia-adults-in-the-prison-system-pew-center-on-the-states.html"},"modified":"2011-07-08T08:43:08","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T12:43:08","slug":"1-in-13-georgia-adults-in-the-prison-system-pew-center-on-the-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/1-in-13-georgia-adults-in-the-prison-system-pew-center-on-the-states.html","title":{"rendered":"1 in 13 Georgia adults in the prison system —Pew Center on the States"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/a>
\nGeorgia is number 1 in something: locking people up,
\n1 in 13 of adults,
\n
\naccording to the Pew Center on the States.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\nThat costs us more than a billion dollars a year in tax money,
\n5.9% of the state budget.
\nThat’s up from $133.26 million in 1983, increased by more than a factor of seven.<\/p>\n

\n
\nMeanwhile, the correctional population swelled from around 100,000 in 1982 to more
\nthan 550,000 in 2007.
\nAnd while other states have started decreasing their prison populations,
\nGeorgia’s continues to increase.<\/a>
\nThe state is even coming up with new ways to lock people up,
\nsuch as kicking them out of mental institutions.<\/a>
\nWe seem headed back towards
\n
\nplantation slave labor<\/a>
\nand
\n
\nprison road gangs<\/a>
\nin for minor drug infractions.<\/p>\n

\nHow about we reverse this trend?<\/p>\n


\n
\n<\/a>
\nIt’s time to
\n
\ncall off the global drug war<\/a>
\nthat locks up more than half of U.S. prisoners even by official prison statistics,
\nwhile many current or former law enforcement officers say
\n
\n“as much as 80% of all felony crime is caused by drug addiction prohibition.”<\/a>
\nIt’s time to legalize, regulate, and tax.<\/p>\n

\nMeanwhile, we don’t need a private prison in Lowndes County, Georgia.
\nLet’s use those tax dollars for rehabilitation and education.<\/p>\n

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