Choose the type of supporting evidence that would be most effective in the blank provided. Today, the U. S. imprisons nonviolent drug offenders at an alarming rate.
As a result, the population of that nation's prisons
continues to rise to nearly ninety percent capacity, leading to funding, staffing, and inmates' rights concerns. To combat such conditions, the justice
system should reconsider its choice of punishment for nonviolent drug offenders. For example, one way of effectively redistributing money is by
providing treatment in a facility outside of a prison, which may save taxpayers approximately $25,000 per offender each year. Further, by taking
treatment outside the prison walls, inmate populations could, over time, decrease, conditions within the prisons could improve for the better, and
those who deserve to have one may be given a second chance after being arrested for a nonviolent drug offense.
Statistical evidence
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Expert testimony
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