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15 February, 04:46

What percentage of prisoners in the United States is in prison for drug related activities?

(a) 10%

(b) 25%

(c) 50%

(d) 90%

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  1. 15 February, 07:10
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    In federal prisons in 2008, 52.1% (95,079 of 182,333 prisoners) were there for drug-related crimes. In state prisons, this number is 20.0% (265,800 of 1,331,100 prisoners).

    Dividing the total number of drug prisoners by the total number of prisoners yields 23.8%.

    In case you're interested, the data for state prisons was additionally broken down by gender and race:

    - Male: 19.4%

    - Female: 27.4%

    - White: 15.2%

    - Black: 23.1%

    - Hispanic: 22.4%

    It's also interesting to note that 12.0% of all prisoners are in federal prisons, and 88.0% are in state prisons.
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