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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Incarcerations go up, even with less criminals being arrested, because of initiatives of the 1980s and 1990s that established sentencing guidelines, mandatory minimums, truth-in-sentencing, tougher drug laws and three-strikes laws.
Though Texas last year gained the undesirable distinction of being top of the incarcerations league in terms of numbers, with about 172,000 inmates, California remains the biggest spender, with total costs rising to $9bn.
18) The War on Drugs became its own prisoner-generating machine, producing incarcerations rates that "defy gravity and continue to grow even as crime rates are dropping.
 
 
 
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