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DRUG USE CONSEQUENCES
Table 28. Adult Drug Offenders in Custody of State or Federal Prisons, 1989�2000
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Year
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All Offenders
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Prisoners who are drug offenders (%)
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Estimated1 number of drug offenders
|
|
State
|
Federal
|
Total State and Federal
|
Federal
|
State
|
State
|
Federal
|
State and Federal
|
|
1989
|
629,995
|
53,387
|
683,382
|
49.9
|
19.1
|
120,300
|
26,600
|
147,000
|
|
1990
|
684,544
|
58,838
|
743,382
|
53.5
|
21.7
|
148,500
|
31,500
|
180,000
|
|
1991
|
728,605
|
63,930
|
792,535
|
55.9
|
21.3
|
155,200
|
35,700
|
190,900
|
|
1992
|
778,495
|
72,071
|
850,566
|
58.9
|
22.1
|
172,000
|
42,500
|
214,500
|
|
1993
|
828,566
|
80,815
|
909,381
|
59.2
|
22.1
|
183,100
|
47,800
|
230,900
|
|
1994
|
904,647
|
85,500
|
990,147
|
60.5
|
22.4
|
202,600
|
51,700
|
254,300
|
|
1995
|
989,004
|
89,538
|
1,078,542
|
59.9
|
22.7
|
224,500
|
53,600
|
278,100
|
|
1996
|
1,032,440
|
95,088
|
1,127,528
|
60.0
|
22.7
|
234,400
|
57,100
|
291,500
|
|
1997
|
1,059,588
|
99,175
|
1,176,922
|
62.6
|
20.7
|
219,300
|
62,100
|
281,400
|
|
19982
|
1,178,978
|
123,041
|
1,232,900
|
58.7
|
20.7
|
244,000
|
72,200
|
316,200
|
|
1999
|
1,209,123
|
135,246
|
1,366,369
|
61.0
|
21.0
|
253,900
|
82,500
|
336,400
|
|
2000
|
1,236,476
|
145,416
|
1,381,892
|
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1Estimated from total prisoners and percent who are drug offenders and rounded to the nearest 100.
2The 1998 prison custody count was estimated and rounded to nearest 100.
Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin, Prisoners in 2000 (August 2001); Prisoners in 1999 (August 2000), Prisoners in 1998 (August 1999), Prisoners in 1997 (August 1998). Correctional Populations in the United States, 1989�1995; Data for 1997 percentages of drug offenders are estimated from Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, Substance Abuse and Treatment, State and Federal Prisoners, 1997 (January 1999) and unpublished Bureau of Prisons data.
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