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Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America?s Prison Population: 1.5 million meet the DSM IV medical criteria for substance abuse or addiction, and another 458,000, while not meeting the strict DSM IV criteria, had histories of substance abuse

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America?s Prison Population Source: National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University http://www.casacolumbia.org/articlefiles/575-report2010behindbars2.pdf From press release: Of the 2.3 million inmates crowding our nations prisons and jails, 1.5 million meet the DSM IV medical criteria for substance abuse or addiction, and another 458,000, while not meeting the strict DSM IV criteria, had histories of substance abuse; were under the influence of alcohol or other drugs at the time of their crime; committed their offense to get money to buy drugs; were incarcerated for an alcohol or drug law violation; or shared some combination of these characteristics, according to Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America?s Prison Population...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 07, 2010 (boomark / email).