From the Bureau of Justice Statistics Prisoners in 2019 data (tables 14 & 15), aggregating state and federal prisoners:
Violent | 50.83% |
Property | 14.99% |
Drug possession | 3.35% |
Drug other | 14.63% |
Weapons | 6.29% |
DUI | 1.54% |
Other | 8.36% |
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