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The 10 Most Disturbing Facts About Racial Inequality in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

Sat, 19 May 2012 01:47:32 -0400

The 10 Most Disturbing Facts About Racial Inequality in the U.S. Criminal Justice System:

1. While people of color make up about 30 percent of the United States’ population, they account for 60 percent of those imprisoned. The prison population grew by 700 percent from 1970 to 2005, a rate that is outpacing crime and population rates. The incarceration rates disproportionately impact men of color: 1 in every 15 African American men and 1 in every 36 Hispanic men are incarcerated in comparison to 1 in every 106 white men.

2. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, one in three black men can expect to go to prison in their lifetime. Individuals of color have a disproportionate number of encounters with law enforcement, indicating that racial profiling continues to be a problem. A report by the Department of Justice found that blacks and Hispanics were approximately three times more likely to be searchedduring a traffic stop than white motorists. African Americans were twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police.

3. Students of color face harsher punishments in school than their white peers, leading to a higher number of youth of color incarcerated. Black and Hispanic students represent more than 70 percent of those involved in school-related arrests or referrals to law enforcement. Currently, African Americans make uptwo-fifths and Hispanics one-fifth of confined youth today.

4. According to recent data by the Department of Education, African American students are arrested far more often than their white classmates. The data showed that 96,000 students were arrested and 242,000 referred to law enforcement by schools during the 2009-10 school year. Of those students, black and Hispanic students made up more than 70 percent of arrested or referred students. Harsh school punishments, from suspensions to arrests, have led to high numbers of youth of color coming into contact with the juvenile-justice system and at an earlier age.

5. African American youth have higher rates of juvenile incarceration and are more likely to be sentenced to adult prison. According to the Sentencing Project, even though African American juvenile youth are about 16 percent of the youth population, 37 percent of their cases are moved to criminal court and 58 percent of African American youth are sent to adult prisons.

6. As the number of women incarcerated has increased by 800 percentover the last three decades, women of color have been disproportionately represented. While the number of women incarcerated is relatively low, the racial and ethnic disparities are startling. African American women are three times more likely than white women to be incarcerated, while Hispanic women are 69 percent more likely than white women to be incarcerated.

7. The war on drugs has been waged primarily in communities of color where people of color are more likely to receive higher offenses.According to the Human Rights Watch, people of color are no more likely to use or sell illegal drugs than whites, but they have higher rate of arrests. African Americans comprise 14 percent of regular drug users but are 37 percent of those arrested for drug offenses. From 1980 to 2007 about one in three of the 25.4 million adults arrested for drugs was African American.

8. Once convicted, black offenders receive longer sentences compared to white offenders. The U.S. Sentencing Commission stated that in the federal system black offenders receive sentences that are 10 percent longer than white offenders for the same crimes. The Sentencing Project reports that African Americans are 21 percent more likely to receive mandatory-minimum sentences than white defendants and are 20 percent more like to be sentenced to prison.

9. Voter laws that prohibit people with felony convictions to vote disproportionately impact men of color. An estimated 5.3 million Americans are denied the right to vote based on a past felony conviction. Felony disenfranchisement is exaggerated by racial disparities in the criminal-justice system, ultimately denying 13 percent of African American men the right to vote. Felony-disenfranchisement policies have led to 11 states denying the right to vote to more than 10 percent of their African American population.

10. Studies have shown that people of color face disparities in wage trajectory following release from prison. Evidence shows that spending time in prison affects wage trajectories with a disproportionate impact on black men and women. The results show no evidence of racial divergence in wages prior to incarceration; however, following release from prison, wages grow at a 21 percent slower rate for black former inmates compared to white ex-convicts. A number of states have bans on people with certain convictions working in domestic health-service industries such as nursing, child care, and home health care—areas in which many poor women and women of color are disproportionately concentrated.

nishnabin: My cousin Alex in his chicken outfit ! White...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:23:27 -0400

nishnabin:

My cousin Alex in his chicken outfit ! White Earth, Minnesota powwow.

Kevin Weir over at Flux Machine. (via Drawn.)

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:12:26 -0400

Kevin Weir over at Flux Machine. (via Drawn.)

inner-island: ipanema, 8h da manhã

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:09:59 -0400

inner-island:

ipanema, 8h da manhã

Photo

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:08:44 -0400

lulubonanza: Drawn By Pia Guerra Blog

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:40:07 -0400

lulubonanza:

Drawn By
Pia Guerra

Blog

Yup.

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:01:29 -0400

That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.

ruineshumaines: The “ish” Watch // Designed by Hyphen |...

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:29:12 -0400

ruineshumaines:

The “ish” Watch // Designed by Hyphen | Country: India

“In India, ‘fashionably late’ is safely replaced with ‘predictably late’. Cow blockades, politician escorts, and cratered roads, compound the problem and offer a valid excuse. So when you reach half-an-hour after the appointed time, you don’t explain yourself. You wait for the other person to arrive.

We used this life insight, and added some dark humour to it.

We simply added a suffix to time periods. And moved the numerals from their classic perpendicular positions, tilting them to an approximate point on the dial. Hence six was not six. Eight was not eight. It was ‘six-ish’ and ‘eight-ish’. Thus was born the ‘ish Watch’.

The audience instantly connected with the watch, as it reminded them of the times they had been either the victim or culprit of tardiness. However, as a ‘non-punctual’ attitude is almost part of the Indian ethos, they bought into the idea and the watch, without delay.” (via lovelypackage.com)

smarterplanet: Green homes use 80 per cent less energy |...

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:23:13 -0400

smarterplanet:

Green homes use 80 per cent less energy | Physorg.com

Clever, inexpensive design can cut the energy used in new homes by up to 80 per cent, says a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researcher.

Michael Fassbender by Jean-Baptiste Mondino (via Michael...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:15:01 -0400

Michael Fassbender by Jean-Baptiste Mondino (via Michael Fassbender : L’ascension d’un acteur - Obsession)

nevver: The Book of the Future

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:27:38 -0400

nevver:

The Book of the Future

Down with symmetry!

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:20:33 -0400

Down with symmetry!

Kali, a perennial obsession.

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:13:03 -0400

Kali, a perennial obsession.

laplumeabelle: Eric Drooker

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:05:45 -0400

laplumeabelle:

Eric Drooker

My favorite part of the new TOS

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:28:40 -0400

utternutter:

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afterbite: de que sirve un futuro ideal?

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:16:05 -0500

afterbite:

de que sirve un futuro ideal?

realityayslum: Otto Kurt Vogelsang - Alexander von Swaine in...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:57:35 -0500

realityayslum:

Otto Kurt Vogelsang - Alexander von Swaine in Javanese Dance, c.1920s.

firsttimeuser: View of the Gafsa Oasis, 1920s

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:34:23 -0500

firsttimeuser:

View of the Gafsa Oasis, 1920s

"One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passers-by see..."

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:27:04 -0500

“One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.”

- Vincent Van Gogh (via whimsicalele)

I’m so...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:47:47 -0500

I’m so there.

fakeart123:

iwanagooutbutidkwhereorwithwho. wah