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"13th" and U.S. Incarceration Rates Timeline
YOST 1366 Final Project - Jack Hove
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Jack Hove
⟶ Updated 1 months ago ⟶
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1970 U.S. Prison Population 357,292 (0.17%)
1980 U.S. Prison Population 513,900 (0.23%)
1990 U.S. Prison Population 1,179,200 (0.47%)
2000 U.S. Prison Population 2,015,200 (0.71%)
2014 U.S. Prison Population 2,306,200 (0.72%)
1970 Canada Prison Pop. Rate 0.1%
1980 Canada Prison Pop. Rate 0.1%
1990 Canada Prison Pop. Rate 0.12%
2000 Canada Prison Pop. Rate 0.11%
2014 Canada Prison Pop. Rate 0.11%
June 1971 - Nixon declares "War on Drugs" stating drug abuse was "public enemy number one"
Aug. 1977 - Jimmy Carter campaign, "I support legislation amending Federal law to eliminate all Federal criminal penalties for the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana.”
Sept. 1986 - In an effort to raise awareness for drug abuse, Nancy Reagan kicks off her "Just Say No" campaign
1990 China Prison Pop. Rate 0.1%
2000 China Prison Pop. Rate 0.11%
2014 China Prison Pop. Rate 0.12%
Oct. 1986 - Reagan signs Anti-Drug Abuse Act, criticized for promoting racial disparities in the prison population
1981 - Lee Atwater has infamous interview unveiling the Southern Strategy to persuade racist voters without sounding racist
July 2015 - Obama becomes first sitting president to visit a prison, spoke on the extreme incarceration rates and non-violent crimes
Oct. 1989 - H.W. Bush creates the Office of National Drug Control Policy, "drug czar" William Bennett aims to make drugs socially unacceptable
Sept. 1994 - The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act is signed under the Clinton administration, fast-tracked a generation of black men into prison
July 2015 - Bill Clinton apologizes for the 1994 Federal Crime Act at NAACP convention, "I signed a bill that made the problem worse, and I want to admit it."
2017 U.S. Prison Population: 1,486,000 (0.46%) Declining due to: declining crime rates, declining number of arrests, and reduction in sentences for drug-related crimes
April 1989 - Trump takes out full-page ads in 4 city newspapers calling for the execution of the Central Park Five, who were innocent
