Series: Part 3 Of 3

ON DOPE ROW

Statistics And Response

The charts to the right represent the findings of Insight's state- prison
survey. To view one, simply click on the icon above the corresponding
description.

Whenever an overdose is mentioned, it refers to one that resulted in the
death of an inmate. All population, urinalysis and unexplained death data
is from the CJI Yearbook. To view the methodology of this study, see the
sidebar in part 2 of On Dope Row.

Chart 1: This is a list of how many fatal overdoses (total and per year)
occurred in each state.

http://www.insightmag.com/media/paper441/documents/28wxzq1u.pdf

Chart 2: This shows how many unexplained deaths occurred in each prison.
Unexplained deaths are categorized as overdoses by federal prisons, but not
by private or state facilities.

http://www.insightmag.com/media/paper441/documents/gu864t7w.pdf

Chart 3: This contains several top 10 lists and other findings such as
which states did not have the information Insight requested and which
claimed to have no fatal overdoses in the last decade. (There is a mistake
in the top 10 list of total fatal overdoses. Maryland and Missouri both had
only 12 between 1990-2000).

http://www.insightmag.com/media/paper441/documents/gz2ic561.pdf

Chart 4: This lists the average rate of fatal overdoses for each
state-prison system.

http://www.insightmag.com/media/paper441/documents/5mmd5p37.pdf

Chart 5: This is the major list of the information sent to Insight by the
state-prison systems.

http://www.insightmag.com/media/paper441/documents/1d7a1xot.pdf

Chart 6 (see below): Ranking of states for rate and total overdoses.

This shows which states had the hightest average rates of fatal overdoses
and also shows which states had the highest total fatal overdoses.

Ranking of States for Average Rate of Overdose D-denied information X-did
not have information N-none for the category

State Rankings of Fatal Overdose Rates (20 st; 1=worst)

Alabama X Alaska 5 Arizona 11 Arkansas N California 12 Colorado N
Connecticut N Delaware D District of Columbia D Florida 20 Georgia 13
Hawaii 7 Idaho N Illinois N Indiana 13 Iowa N Kansas 18 Kentucky N
Louisiana X Maine N Maryland 1 Massachusetts N Michigan 19 Minnesota N
Mississippi N Missouri 6 Montana N Nebraska X Nevada 4 New Hampshire X New
Jersey 14 New Mexico N New York 15 North Carolina X North Dakota N Ohio 16
Oklahoma N Oregon 8 Pennsylvania 9 Rhode Island 3 South Carolina 10 South
Dakota 2 Tennessee 19 Texas 17 Utah X Vermont N Virginia X Washington X
West Virginia X Wisconsin N Wyoming N

State Total Overdose Rank (13 st; 1=worst)

Alabama X Alaska 12 Arizona 10 Arkansas N California 2 Colorado N
Connecticut N Delaware D District of Columbia D Florida 13 Georgia 7 Hawaii
11 Idaho N Illinois N Indiana 9 Iowa N Kansas 13 Kentucky N Louisiana X
Maine N Maryland 4 Massachusetts N Michigan 11 Minnesota N Mississippi N
Missouri 4 Montana N Nebraska X Nevada 5 New Hampshire X New Jersey 10 New
Mexico N New York 6 North Carolina 10 North Dakota N Ohio 8 Oklahoma N
Oregon 9 Pennsylvania 3 Rhode Island 12 South Carolina 7 South Dakota 11
Tennessee 13 Texas 1 Utah X Vermont N Virginia X Washington X West Virginia
X Wisconsin N Wyoming N

Here is a link to an article about the Florida Correction System that
recently has cut funding for all drug-treatment programs:

Visit this page on the Web at: http://www.jointogether.org/sa?O=547939