Pubdate: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 Source: Insight Magazine (US) Copyright: 2002 News World Communications, Inc. Contact: http://www.insightmag.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1107 Author: Timothy W. Maier 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 - --- MAP posted-by: Beth