Racial Inequalities On African Americans In The Prison System
The racial inequality against African Americans in the United States prison system is one of the largest issues to take place for many years. In the nineteen-thirties, blacks were three times more likely to be imprisoned than whites. In the nineteen-nineties the ratio increased to more than seven times that of whites. Til this day, this country has about three hundred million people, with two million people behind bars. But within those two million people, African Americans - black men, in particular, are the majority of prisoners despite whites being the majority of the United States. Many African Americans who came out of the prison system are at a disadvantage when it comes to starting their life as a free individual, getting a job, or even
in their personal lives, which basically sets them back by imposing new punishments after prison. Consequently, because of the many racial injustices that took place over the years against African Americans, the prison system is indeed discriminatory, and results in mass incarceration.
Since nineteen-seventy with war on drugs, drug arrests have escalated from three-hundred thousand to one point six million according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice. African Americans are arrested for drug use at twice the rate of whites even though whites use drugs at comparable rates, and sell drugs at even comparable or higher rates. As a result of blacks being the majority to be put into jail for the same crime as whites, they are also more likely to be in jail while awaiting trial. A twenty fourteen study in New York City revealed that blacks are more likely than whites to be in jail while they await trial even after their charges, and prior record are controlled. Another research implies that this is because black defendants cannot afford to pay bail. Not only does the temporary bail make it harder for the defendant to prepare a defense, but it also disrupt a person’s family life, and whether they will be employed or not.
in their personal lives, which basically sets them back by imposing new punishments after prison. Consequently, because of the many racial injustices that took place over the years against African Americans, the prison system is indeed discriminatory, and results in mass incarceration.
Since nineteen-seventy with war on drugs, drug arrests have escalated from three-hundred thousand to one point six million according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice. African Americans are arrested for drug use at twice the rate of whites even though whites use drugs at comparable rates, and sell drugs at even comparable or higher rates. As a result of blacks being the majority to be put into jail for the same crime as whites, they are also more likely to be in jail while awaiting trial. A twenty fourteen study in New York City revealed that blacks are more likely than whites to be in jail while they await trial even after their charges, and prior record are controlled. Another research implies that this is because black defendants cannot afford to pay bail. Not only does the temporary bail make it harder for the defendant to prepare a defense, but it also disrupt a person’s family life, and whether they will be employed or not.