A voter-approved ballot measure reducing drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor has so far done little to stem the flow of inmates into Oklahoma prisons for that crime.

Records show 882 individuals were sent to Oklahoma prisons for possession of controlled substances during the last half of 2017, making it once again the top crime for Oklahoma prison admissions, according to new research by FWD.us, a national advocacy group for criminal justice reform.

That's not much different from the rate at which individuals were sent to prison for drug possession in the year immediately preceding the effective date of the new law, when 1,879 individuals were admitted over a period twice as long.

FWD.us — founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other tech leaders — reported the state would have saved $32 million for treatment programs if those 882 people had been diverted from prison “in accordance with the will of the voters.”