Sociologia Econômica
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Law Professor, Loyola University New Orleans, CCR Associate Legal Director
40 Reasons Why Our Jails are Full of Black Brown and Poor People
The
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reports
2.2 million people are in our nation's jails and prisons and another 4.5 million people are on probation or parole in the U.S., totaling 6.8 million people, one of every 35 adults. We are far and away the world leader in putting our own people in jail. Most of the people inside are poor and Black. Here are 40 reasons why.
One
. It is not just about crime. Our jails and prisons have grown from holding
about 500,000 people in 1980 to 2.2 million today
. The fact is that
crime rates have risen and fallen/a> independently of our growing incarceration rates.
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