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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 2355627" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>It's unlikely in Oklahoma that you'll only be charged with simple possession (M first, F second). If you have cash, ziploc-type bags, or a food scale at the location where the drugs are found, there's a good chance it will be charged as possession w/ intent to distribute (F). If you're within city limits of most rural towns, it's likely that you'll get charged with possession within 2000 feet of a school, licensed daycare (doesn't matter if it's home-based or not), or playground (F). If you have cash in one of those locations, it's possession w/ intent to distribute AND possession within a protected zone (F+F). The goal here is that you plead down to a lesser offense and avoid court. Prosecutors hate going to court, but when they do they like funneling you to drug court since it creates an ongoing revenue stream beyond your fine.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://newsok.com/why-are-states-prisons-so-full/article/3248660/?mp=0" target="_blank">Around 1 in 200 of are in prison (1% of the population is in the correctional system)</a>, and around 83% of inmates are in there for non-violent offenses (though that source conflicts with <a href="http://oklahomawatch.org/2013/10/02/two-views-on-private-prison-growth/" target="_blank">this number of 52%</a>). Part of the reason for the high prison population is the privatization of the correctional system (~23% of Oklahoma inmates are in private facilities). Not only is it bad for business to house violent offenders (higher risk), but most private prison contracts carry guarantees that a certain minimum capacity will always be met.</p><p></p><p>Drug possession and/or distribution (which is different from trafficking under Oklahoma law) accounts for <a href="http://newsok.com/two-former-oklahoma-prisoners-endorse-value-of-addiction-programs/article/3889093" target="_blank">more than 25% of Oklahoma inmates</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 2355627, member: 5151"] It's unlikely in Oklahoma that you'll only be charged with simple possession (M first, F second). If you have cash, ziploc-type bags, or a food scale at the location where the drugs are found, there's a good chance it will be charged as possession w/ intent to distribute (F). If you're within city limits of most rural towns, it's likely that you'll get charged with possession within 2000 feet of a school, licensed daycare (doesn't matter if it's home-based or not), or playground (F). If you have cash in one of those locations, it's possession w/ intent to distribute AND possession within a protected zone (F+F). The goal here is that you plead down to a lesser offense and avoid court. Prosecutors hate going to court, but when they do they like funneling you to drug court since it creates an ongoing revenue stream beyond your fine. [URL="http://newsok.com/why-are-states-prisons-so-full/article/3248660/?mp=0"]Around 1 in 200 of are in prison (1% of the population is in the correctional system)[/URL], and around 83% of inmates are in there for non-violent offenses (though that source conflicts with [URL="http://oklahomawatch.org/2013/10/02/two-views-on-private-prison-growth/"]this number of 52%[/URL]). Part of the reason for the high prison population is the privatization of the correctional system (~23% of Oklahoma inmates are in private facilities). Not only is it bad for business to house violent offenders (higher risk), but most private prison contracts carry guarantees that a certain minimum capacity will always be met. Drug possession and/or distribution (which is different from trafficking under Oklahoma law) accounts for [URL="http://newsok.com/two-former-oklahoma-prisoners-endorse-value-of-addiction-programs/article/3889093"]more than 25% of Oklahoma inmates[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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