U.S. Incarceration Rate Is a National Disgrace

[kpete]

U.S. Incarceration Rate Is a National Disgrace



Over the past forty years the number of incarcerated people has increased 350 percent while population increased 33 percent, violent crimes rose 3 percent higher than 1980 while property crimes dropped from 496.1 per 1,000 in 1980 to 134.7 in 2008, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. This growth in incarceration rates is primarily attributed to changes in correctional policies that have been ruled by the Supreme Court, followed by the judiciary system, the Justice Department, and the prosecutors whose utility function for re-election by "being tough on crime," overrides national wellbeing.

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Racial Consideration

There is a drastic disparity when comparing the race of inmates to the general population in the United States. There are 69.13 percent Whites, 12.32 percent Blacks, and 12.55 percent Hispanic but the inmate population is 34.72 percent White, 43.91 percent Black and 18.26 percent Hispanics. We believe this significant disparity is attributed to racism.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nake-m-kamrany/incarceration-rate_b_1423822.html

[LWolf]

1. Along with so many other things that are also national disgraces.

[sorefeet]

2. How about International disgrace

The whole world looks at us and shakes their head. The "land of the free" are hippocrits.