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Every 25 seconds, someone in the United States is incarcerated.
Every 25 seconds, someone in the United States is incarcerated.
This is due to over-incarceration when police officers see people as threats. This is also due to the war on drugs.
Largest Incarceration Rates and Lowest Incarceration Rates.
Largest Incarceration Rates and Lowest Incarceration Rates.
states with the highest rates are Louisiana, Delaware, Mississippi whereas states with the lowest rates are Maine and Massachusetts.
Robbery
Robbery
Robbery, which might be considered a more common factor, is only 3.4% of all incarcerations
Drugs
Drugs
One of the key contributing factors is drugs, which attributes to 46.3% of total incarcerations in the United States.
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