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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1189002" data-attributes="member: 40736"><p>Blacks and Latinos are jailed for non violent crimes at a much higher rate than Whites.</p><p></p><p> <strong>Drug Sentencing Disparities</strong> </p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">About 14 million Whites and 2.6 million African Americans report using an illicit drug</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">5 times as many Whites are using drugs as African Americans, yet African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of Whites</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">African Americans represent 12% of the total population of drug users, but 38% of those arrested for drug offenses, and 59% of those in state prison for a drug offense.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">African Americans serve virtually as much time in prison for a drug offense (58.7 months) as whites do for a violent offense (61.7 months). (Sentencing Project)</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1189002, member: 40736"] Blacks and Latinos are jailed for non violent crimes at a much higher rate than Whites. [B]Drug Sentencing Disparities[/B] [LIST] [*]About 14 million Whites and 2.6 million African Americans report using an illicit drug [*]5 times as many Whites are using drugs as African Americans, yet African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of Whites [*]African Americans represent 12% of the total population of drug users, but 38% of those arrested for drug offenses, and 59% of those in state prison for a drug offense. [*]African Americans serve virtually as much time in prison for a drug offense (58.7 months) as whites do for a violent offense (61.7 months). (Sentencing Project) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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