Abstract
This chapter concentrates on the linkages between the war on drugs and the prison population in the United States and in the Americas. It highlights the impact of three-strike laws and addresses other important topics, such as race, women, drugs, and the increasing prison population. This chapter sheds light on the challenges of recidivism and provides data about the cost of the massive prison population. It also stresses that prosecutorial discretion has been a contributing factor in the increasing prison population, not just the war on drugs. This chapter then turns to trends in prison in other countries in the Americas, highlighting the impact of the drug war on the incarceration populations.
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