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How many drug felons getting early release in each state? Georgia among the highest

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Of the 6,000 federal drug felons who are set for early release of new sentencing guidelines and reforms, almost two thousand of them will be deported on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Subsequently, the remaining 4,131 are destined to go to various points in within the United States and its territories, including the Caribbean. Here are how many inmates each state and territory can expect, according to the Justice Department in a report obtained by the Associated Press. Numbers are as of Sept. 26.

The number of inmates set for early release, by state:
 
Alaska: 5
Alabama: 107
Arkansas: 50
Arizona: 35
California: 229
Colorado: 42
Connecticut: 32
District of Columbia: 12
Delaware: 4
Florida: 295
Georgia: 167
Guam: 2
Hawaii: 31
Iowa: 145
Idaho: 23
Illinois: 253
Indiana: 59
Kansas: 33
Kentucky: 49
Louisiana: 60
Massachusetts: 20
Maryland: 92
Maine: 19
Michigan: 83
Minnesota: 52
Missouri: 129
Mississippi: 56
Montana: 24
North Carolina: 218
North Dakota: 23
Nebraska: 53
New Hampshire: 7
New Jersey: 21
New Mexico: 16
Nevada: 12
New York: 141
Ohio: 97
Oklahoma: 58
Oregon: 13
Pennsylvania: 97
Rhode Island: 7
Puerto Rico: 50
South Carolina: 102
South Dakota: 17
Tennessee: 150
Texas: 578
Utah: 19
Virginia: 160
Virgin Islands: 2
Vermont: 6
Washington: 39
Wisconsin: 50
West Virginia: 59
Wyoming: 28

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