If Trump becomes president, will more people be imprisoned federally for drug offenses?
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As of 20 April, 2024, 64,121 people are in US federal prisons for drug offenses.
Resolves based on https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offenses.jsp
Market closes just before the 2026 midterms.
This market resolves NA if Trump doesn’t win.
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Market was ~35% when I bet NO. I've got it around 5%. BOP's own stats page (updated Oct 10) shows 60,773 people in federal prison for drug offenses, about 3,300 below the 64,121 bar, and that number has been falling since 2024. Making that up in three weeks isn't realistic. https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offenses.jsp
@traders unless anyone has a compelling objection I’ll edit this to say “a republican ” instead of “Trump” tomorrow 7/23/2024.
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