Texas Prisons Flashcards
The War on Drugs has resulted in _________________ rates.
higher incarceration
How much money does Texas spend per day for drug arrests/incarceration?
$378,820
How much does Treatment Reform cost?
$241 million
How much do New Prisons cost?
$1.6 billion
What percentage of Texans favors some form of marijuana legalization?
77%
By how much did the 82nd Legislature cut spending on prisoner health care?
$75 million
How many executions have there been since 1976?
551
European countries won’t sell what?
lethal injection chemicals
What percentage of Texans support the death penalty?
71%
What percent of Texans believe it’s applied fairly?
51%
What did Michael Richards do?
He granted Writ of Cert by SCOTUS
What did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decide about Michael Richards?
They refused to stay open an extra 20 minutes to hear the stay of execution
How much does it cost to execute someone?
$2.3 million
How much does it cost to imprison someone at the highest level for 40 years?
$750,000
How many prisons are air conditioned?
21 out of 110
What is the rape rate in prisons?
50%
What is a private prison?
a private, for-profit prison corporation that staffs and runs prison facilities in a state
Where is TX ranked for incarceration?
7th highest
US has _____ prisoners than anyone else in the world
more
Where would TX rank according to incarceration rates?
3rd in the world, above Iran, China, and Russia
The justice system in TX has what?
the tendency for vigilante justice
What characteristic belongs to frontier justice?
Having no sympathy to prisoners
