Race, Incarceration, and American Values
Why stigmatizing and confining a large segment of our population should be unacceptable to all Americans.
The United States, home to five percent of the world''s population, now houses twenty-five percent of the world''s prison inmates. Our incarceration rate—at 714 per 100,000 residents and rising—is almost forty percent greater than our nearest competitors (the Bahamas, Belarus, and Russia). More...
Why stigmatizing and confining a large segment of our population should be unacceptable to all Americans.
The United States, home to five percent of the world''s population, now houses twenty-five percent of the world''s prison inmates. Our incarceration rate—at 714 per 100,000 residents and rising—is almost forty percent greater than our nearest competitors (the Bahamas, Belarus, and Russia). More...
