Statement·other·said 2016-07-10
“A 500 percent increase in incarceration in our country, disproportionately affecting poor and disproportionately affecting minorities.”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2016-07-10Reasoning
The 500% growth figure matches Sentencing Project and BJS data, and minorities are clearly overrepresented; the direct causal link to drug policy is harder to establish conclusively but is supported by most experts.
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