Report: Blacks Locked Up 5x More Than Whites
The Sentencing Project has released its latest report on racial disparties in prison sentences. Among the findings:
Blacks in the United States are imprisoned at more than five times the rate of whites, and Hispanics are locked up at nearly double the white rate, according to a study released Wednesday by a criminal justice policy group.
The worst of the states:
In five states - Iowa, Vermont, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Wisconsin - African Americans are incarcerated at more than ten times the rate of whites.
You can read the report here (pdf.)
Among the recommended fixes:
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