why is the african american race 90% in the jail system?
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im black and i would say a lot has to so with there up bringing.  alot of them were born into single parent home with out a male or should i say a positive male role model or not one at all, they became the man of the house utilizing the survival skills known on the streets in order to survive with perhaps good intentions to move there families out of the hood which work for some and others got caught up in the game, getting high off there own supply falling victim to there own self destruction and down fall.  then you have those whom were abused or raised by the system whom developed anger and hostility and there way of coping was to and is to punish society for failing them etc... all races committ crimes! yet the black race has a higher rate due to poverty and ignorance as a result of illiteracy and poor education and up bringing and discrimination does play a key factor in the scheme of things when it comes to jobs, education and housing do to profiling.  yet blacks feel cheated and robbed by the white man and want to hold them accountable for actions taking before there time which in facts effects their future as well as their children and childrens, children.  i teach my children that you can not change the past you can only grow and learn from its experience as well come up with an alternative sollution to evolve and grow from others mistakes and remember that famous quote from rodney king "can't we all just get alone?"but the problem here today is that you have ignorant parents from both sides of the table brain washing children to hate and discrimate and once that seed is set and planted it blooms doom, gloom and hatred against others, therefore blame the parents.
935557
Because those who are imprisoned are human, and are entitled to basic human rights, like a fair trial.  Only the innocent would be released, so your "logic" escapes me.\n\nInterning the Japanese and German Americans during WWII was a horribly racist crime.  Everyone who belongs to a particular race is not the same - that is cruel stereotyping at its worst.  You are doing exactly this.
643606
Sorry Inmates but I feel That prisoners are in jail for crimes committed: Why is it that we have to keep them entertained by using computers that have access to cause more harm.This also gives way to much access to outside connections from the lives that they affected before going into correctional facilities. I'm sure that there are a lot of other people can benefit from use of computers that just can't afford them. That is why we have JAILS right;;;
635878
1. Blacks make up 15% of the US population yet make up 90% of the jailed population. There are more blacks in jail than the entire population of Alaska.\n2. We get long prison terms than other white counterparts because most jury's do not feature black jurors. This is mainly due to not registering to vote, not going to jury duty, and having criminal records that disqualify them from serving. The few that do sure on jurys throw the book at the black criminal for they view that criminal another person enforcing the stereotype about black people.\n3. Lets look at sports-you have guys flunking drug tests, raping women, doing drugs that are black and keep getting chance after chance on sport teams. Yet the white counterpart never gets a second chance.\n4. I'm not even going to get into rap music.\n5. Parents taht don't care. They instill that the white man is to blame for everything and to get out of a crime just yell racism.
728307
I think its pretty messed up since half of all the inmates are drug users or dealers.Thats why every prison in the u.s. is so overpopulated.I'd rather have a drug dealer living next door than a sick a**child molestor living down the street just because of overcrowding.
997104
Yes it is not about race. Black cops do stop black criminals. It is about law.\n And some of the Minutemen are Mexicans-it is about law not race.
820012
That's a very good question.  For most of society it is a good deterent, but so are the values of those same people.  The threat of prison will not deter some people from doing anything, that's a sad fact that I've seen thouands of times.  The reality is that prisons are NECESSARY because they keep criminals isolated from society and will at least prevent those who are locked up from committing crime.  Of course there are organized crime bosses who get locked up and still run things from the inside, but that's a whole different situation than your run of the mill burglar, etc.
905159
Money!  Thats it.  Plain and simple.  The federal government aquires and distributes insane amounts of money for and from this so called "war on drugs"   What i mean is, the vast majority of prison inmates are booked due to drug related offences.  For each inmate booked the prison is alotted a certain amount of revenue.  Prisons are run by the state, therefore the state ultimatly ends up with this money.  Polititians find numerous ways to skim off the top as well as the high end execs.  Prisons are only one major source of benifiting from this mass amount of revenue.  In short a crime filled, chaotic country makes more cash than one such as amsterdam.
231255
Most prison system have time reduction for good behavior.  This gives an incentive for inmates to be good and saves the state money on keeping the inmate for the full term.
1121261
A very good question.  \n\n1. The inherently racist laws since the founding of this country.\n2. Ridiculous punishments for using/selling illegal drugs.  If you research why most drugs because illegal in the first place it was because of racism.  \n3. Because of the large number of impoverished black communities the options for young minority men are limited.\n4. Something must be said for the glamourized thug representation that is the main portrait of black men in the media and the history of latino machismo that sanctions violence.  Not to say white men are so peaceful but they get away with things more since the judges and juries are usually white as well.\n\n\n" The United States is way ahead of the rest of the industrial world in imprisoning its own population. That's for population control. None of that has anything to do with crime. "\nNoam Chomsky, American linguist and US media and foreign policy critic\n\n" Working class addiction to crack (cocaine) is a crime. But, middle- and upper-class addiction to drugs or alcohol is a disease. "\nSabina Virgo - Criminal Injustice\n\n"The state of California has opened only one college since 1984 -- and twenty-one prisons."\nElliott Currie, Crime and Punishment in America
1024051
Simple.  There is a much higher percentage of Black on Black crime then White on White crime.  That's the difference.\nCome to Philly and dodge bullets.
420141
MOST BONDS FOR LIKE GETTING SOMEONE OUT OF JAIL ARE 10%  IF THATS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
830316
I haven't made a study of it nor looked up any, but if it were a factor, investigators/statisticians would look for a statistically significant difference in the rates at which people of different races are sentenced to death in capital punishment cases.  I believe such studies do exist that indicate such bias, though I haven't seen them myself - but they do get covered in the papers when they are released.\n\nYou sound skeptical.  I'd be curious to know why.
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Some prisions have both systems, and only inmates that are low risk get to spend time with their family. Obviously the reason they seperate eachother is because the are in prision and are meant to be punished, plus it allows them to not be able to exchange items without a guard looking it over. I am sure there is not prision with high risk people the allow them to see their visitors unprotected.
50620
This is a seriosu problem in ALL prisons. It seems that peopel seem to think it is added punishment for those that are sent to prison. The fact it is sactioned by many guards and wardens is appaling. It can often ruin the lives of inmates and make minor criminals worse by subjecting to beatings and rape.\n\nIt is not limited to Detroit, but nationwide.\n\nWrite your local Congress Rep and your Sentaors abot this topic.
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From the 2000 census:\n\nCensus 2000 showed that the United States population on April 1, 2000 was 281.4 million. Of the total, 36.4 million, or 12.9 percent, reported Black or African American. This number\n includes 34.7 million people, or 12.3 percent, who reported only Black in addition to 1.8 million people, or 0.6 percent, who reported Black as well as one or more other races.\n\nI'm sure the data on prison population is on the website linked below, somewhere. Here's what it had to say about % of male inmates:\n\nAt yearend 2004 there were 3,218 black male sentenced prison inmates per 100,000 black males in the United States, compared to 1,220 Hispanic male inmates per 100,000 Hispanic males and 463 white male inmates per 100,000 white males.
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Well obviously the previous answerers dont know the history of incarceration.\nObviously it was beneficial to the prison system to segregate women and children from the men because they both have different needs and necessities in life. \nAfter terrible conditions were discovered and the prison system underwent a comple overhaul and renovation, prison administrators found that in order to improve the quality of life in prison, then each "type" of person must have a certain attention given to them in order to fulfill those needs. \nThe bottom line is that it has been extremely beneficial in decreasing violence and improving the quality of life of the inmates. \nI took a Corrections course and learned the history but I dont have my notes in front of me otherwise I would refer to names, specific time periods, etc...