Sixty-three percent of the inmates are there for non-violent offenses, most often involving drugs.

Every mother has a nanny who, like the mother, is an inmate who has taken parental classes and is serving time for a non-violent offense.

You are talking about 80% of the PRISON population being in there for non-violent offenses, and it's probably higher than that.

Fines are considered to be a cost-efficient and fair way of punishment for those who commit a non-violent offense.

Most Americans believe the registry lists convicted child molesters when in actuality, some offenders listed on the Registries have been convicted of non-violent offenses, which involve no visible victim or physical contact.

Per agreement with the governor, the police and the Oregon National Guard largely ignored non-violent offenses such as drug use and public nudity, both of which were present at the festival.

After the passage of Reagan's Anti-Drug Abuse Act in 1986, incarceration for non-violent offenses dramatically increased.

It is hardly a secret that severe drug laws, with long mandatory sentences for non-violent offenses, are the reason for the enormous increase in our prison population in recent years.

Other solutions that have been employed involve keeping offenders, particularly those who commit non-violent or less violent offenses, out of prison.

The average offender at FCI Lompoc is serving between one and fifteen years for federal drug and or other non-violent offenses.