Number of Prisoners Who Report Having Committing Crime to Get Money for Drugs

"17% of State and 18% of Federal prisoners committed their crime to obtain money for drugs."

Source

Mumola, Christopher J., and Karberg, Jennifer C. Drug Use and Dependence, State and Federal Prisoners, 2004. Washington, DC: US Dept. of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, Oct. 2006. NCJ213530.