In the last two years, more than 500 people have been arrested for drug-related offenses.
One would require life in prison for a third drug-related offense, even if only theft of an automobile.
Of the 108,792 persons under supervision, 43% had been charged with drug-related offenses, up 1% from one year ago.
The drug policy states that "any individual convicted of a drug-related offense will be subject to immediate discipline."
In Connecticut, 26 percent of state prisoners are serving time for drug-related offenses.
At one point, she spent time in prison for drug-related offenses.
Indeed, 40 percent of those in jail are doing time for drug-related offenses.
She estimated that half had been sentenced for drug-related offenses.
They thought there would be a lot of money inside, he said, because the victim's husband is in jail on a drug-related offense.
More than 50 percent of prison inmates are there for drug-related offenses.
