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| West Virginia is locking up too many of its citizens |
| By spiritofjefferson.com - Elliot Simon |
| Published: 12/28/2012 |
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Here’s some statistics that you might find as unsettling as I do. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of West Virginia that year was about the same as it was in 1960. From 1971 to 1997, West Virginia had the lowest crime in the nation, before settling for second lowest in 1998 with 2,547.2 crimes committed per 100,000 people. And it hasn’t changed much in the intervening years — in 2011 it was 2,589.8 per 100,000 people. Our prison population has, however grown 89 percent, from 3,535 inmates in 1998 to 6,681 in 2010. According to Brad Douglas, a research analyst with the West Virginia Department of Corrections “nearly 90 percent of West Virginia crimes are nonviolent.” He notes that that number hasn’t changed much since 1961. Statistics I’ve seen indicate the number of crimes peaked at around 2,900 per 100,000 in 2005-2006, but it has subsequently declined. Interestingly, murder and non-negligent manslaughter are the least committed crimes in our state — they peaked in 1975 at 7.4 per 100,000 before declining by more than a 1/3 to 4.3 per 100,000 in 2011. Read More. |
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