American prison system as a whole, examined
After I completed my ripped abs workout, I did a little research on the American prison system as a whole and there are some striking figures and numbers that have stuck out to me so maybe it will stick out to you. I do not know how the American public can damage control this situation away but it seems that it has been sucessful for years. This ain’t the vitamin shop it’s prison!
For the first time in history, the number of inmates in American prisons and jails has exceeded 2 million. As of June 30, 2002, there were 1.35 million prisoners in State and Federal prisons and an additional 665, 475 in local jails, according to a new report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. This represents an increase of nearly 2 percent over the first six months of 2002.
The rate of incarceration in the United States, 702 inmates per 100,000 residents, continues to be the highest in the world. Among black males 25 to 29, 12.9 percent were in prison or jail. Overall, 4.8 percent of black males were in prison or jails, compared to 1.7 percent of Hispanics and 0.6 percent of whites. Black women in prisons and jails continue to outnumber their white (5 times as many) and Hispanic (more than twice as many) counterparts.
