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This article on Prisoners in the United States (2014) is probably pretty relevant to the latest discussion. Of note: (State prisons are where the vast majority of inmates are, especially for drug related offenses)
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mitztronic posted:Approximately 50,000 are in prison for drug possession. That's more than the population of my hometown... Yeah but that's nationwide. Even just considering the prison population, it's fairly small. What's interesting is the percentage breakdown. Black people are slightly more populous in absolute numbers than whites, which is vastly more than their correct proportion. The notable thing is that it seems to be proportionally consistent with the other races. Like, certain factors are much higher (Robbery being the big one) but for drug possession the percentage of incarcerated are more or less the same. In other words, the stereotype about drug laws being used to jail black people isn't really true. Black people are being unfairly jailed, but they're being unfairly jailed for every offense. Drug possession offenses are actually the most fair, since they're about equal among all races. (there is a slight difference in non-possession drug charges, so they might be getting screwed there, but it's a lot less than the disparity for robbery)
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