INCARCERATED POPULATION
1994 and1997
| Anos | 1994 |
(…) |
1997 |
| Total | 6208 |
14300 |
|
| Number of drug offences prisoners | 1713 |
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| % Drug offences prisoners | 27.6% |
Note: On 1995 40% of the urban criminality was imputed to the drugs
sources: Gabinete de Estudos e Planeamento do Ministério da Justiça, Gabinete de Planeamento e Coordenação do Combate à Droga, cited by the newspapers Publico de 17/09/95, 06/07/97; Diário de Noticias de 28/06/97; Expresso de 25/02/95; and Correio da Manhã de 22/06/97; Presentation brochure from Projecto Vida.
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