U.S. Prison System by the Numbers

U.S. Prison System by the Numbers

+ a note form De Senso's notes of The New Jim Crow, Chapter 1, 'The Rebirth of Caste'*

Practically overnight the budgets of federal law enforcement agencies soared.  Between 1980 and 1984, FBI antidrug funding increased from $8 million to $95 million.  Department of Defense antidrug allocations increased form $33 million in 1981 to $1,042 million in 1991.  During that same period, DEA antidrug spending grew from $86 million to $1,026 million and FBI antidrug allocations grew from $38 million to $181 million.  By contrast, funding for agencies responsible for drug treatment, prevention, and education was dramatically reduced.  The budget of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, for example, was reduced from $274 million to $57 million from 1981 to 1984, and antidrug funds allocated to the Department of Education were cut from $14 million to $3 million" (p. 49, 2010 version).