Mexico’s first survey of its federal criminal justice system confirmed what many have assumed for years: The country’s prisons are packed with inmates imprisoned on drug charges and there is widespread corruption throughout the entire system.

More than 60 percent of the prisoners surveyed were serving sentences on drug offenses, including trafficking, consumption and possession. The report, compiled by the Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE), a Mexican think tank funded by the federal government, sampled 726 men and 95 women.

via Mexico: Majority of Federal Inmates Imprisoned on Drug Charges | Fox News Latino.