Thursday, July 19, 2007

Black-white prisoner ratio highest in U.S.

Iowa incarcerates blacks at a rate 13.6X whites - more than 2X the national average. Across the country, blacks are imprisoned at nearly 6X whites. Latinos are imprisoned at nearly 2X whites nationally. group recommended several remedies for all states, including drug sentencing reform, more judicial discretion and standards for indigent defense.

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