This is a major problem...sometimes it is worse for people of color on the mainland who get fewer brakes and if the charge was for a drug other than alcohol.....prejudice against drugs as well as against black and Hispanic people.  Some similarities for Native Hawaiians, I presume their disproportionate incarceration numbers.   However,the real tragedy is that people are not given the help they need.   The woman in question clearly has a sickness that hurts her, her kids, and society.