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10 sty 2023 · In fiscal year 2021, 4,405 federal offenders (8.0%) received criminal history points under the federal sentencing guidelines for prior marijuana possession sentences. Most of the prior sentences (79.3%) were for less than 60 days in prison, including non-custodial sentences.
10 sty 2023 · marijuana possession in the last five fiscal years tended to be male (85.5%), Hispanic (70.8%), and non-U.S. citizens (59.8%). A little over two-thirds (70.1%) were sentenced to prison; the average prison sentence imposed was five months. 4 As of January 2022, no offenders sentenced solely for simple possession of marijuana
1 lip 2019 · This report details a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) funded research project designed to analyze the impact of marijuana legalization and decriminalization on state criminal justice system resources.
29 wrz 2023 · This study examines the impact of recreational marijuana legalization on Black-White disparities in overall prison incarceration and drug-related prison incarceration in Colorado (CO) and Washington State (WA).
In 2015, the Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated that US state and federal prisons held 1.53 million prisoners. 1 Incarcerated persons in the United States are overwhelmingly men, and nearly half of federal prisoners are sentenced for drug offenses. 1,2 It is well-documented that incarcerated men tend to have unmet physical and mental health ...
Weighing the Impact of Simple Possession of Marijuana January 2023 (January 2023) This publication assesses recent trends in federal sentencing for simple possession of marijuana, as well...
19 gru 2022 · The study analyzed the data on cannabis possession arrests provided by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCRP) in a time range between 2010 and 2019 in 31 U.S. states, including...
