Number of Blacks in Prison For Drugs Drops Sharply
From the Washington Post
For the first time since crack cocaine sparked a war on drugs 20 years ago, the number of black Americans in state prisons for drug offenses has fallen sharply, while the number of white prisoners convicted for drug crimes has increased , according to a report released today.
The D.C.-based Sentencing Project reported that the number of black inmates in state prisons for drug offenses had fallen from 145,000 in 1999 to 113,500 in 2005, a 21 percent decline. Over the same period, the number of white drug offenders rose steadily, from 50,000 to more than 72,000, a 42 percent increase. The number of Latino drug offenders was virtually unchanged at about 51,000.
The findings represent a significant shift in the racial makeup of those incarcerated for drugs and could signal a gradual change in the demographics of the nation’s 2 million prison population, which has been disproportionately black for decades. Drug offenders make up about one quarter of the overall prison population.
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I don’t understand what the color of the president has to do with crime. There is no such thing as black people and no such thing as white people, just people. On that same note I agree, you do the crime you pay the time.
well, i think there is time for everything under the earth, i believe that if there is no crimes then the should not be any law enforcement agency, the law is made for the crime, but the law maker also claims to be above the law, that is why they also commit the same offence and get away with it.lol my advice, free from that s**t and go into other business that yeald money ok take care
I disagree with of you who keep saying that ” We have an African American President in office.” His mother was white, but his father was black. I understand that black is what being projected as the president’s skin completion, but that doesn’t mean he is 100% black. He could have been white too.
This is not exactly good news. Now more white people are in prison. That ain’t no different than blacks in prison. It’s still bad. If you think otherwise then you are a racist and don’t even know it.
I am glad to see that black men are not doing drugs. It has been too long for a black man to think that drugs are not cool
i really dont care what color u r, i believe u do the crime you do the time. n selling drugs is illegal. n also our president is not only black he is white too.
dropp the constant. “R” nigga… its a ignorant word albeit, its not goin to go away; its been in the black american subculture for centries. now the word “n****r” truely has a most undeniable dispicable negative effect on the psyche.
dropp the constant. “R” nigga… its a ignorant word albeit, its not goin to go away; its been in the black american subculture for centries. now the word “n****r” truely has a most deniable dispicable negative effect on the psyche.
we should also stop referring to one another as n****r. If we do who knows, we might stop acting like one.
I am glad that african american people are starting to make a change. After all we have a African American President in office. People have to want to change for a reason, I am glad that people are changing. Hopefully over time it stays that way.
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Hell its about time niggaz start gettin smart!….all these dumb ass niggaz goin 2 prison for the same damn reason!