# The incarceration rate in state or federal prison or jail for men was 1,384 per 100,000 residents, for women 134 per 100,000 residents. The rate for white men was 736 per 100,000, for black men 4,789 per 100,000, for Hispanic men 1,862 per 100,000. The rate for white women was 94 per 100,000, for black women 358 per 100,000, and for Hispanic women 152 per 100,000. Source: Sabol, William J., PhD, Minton, Todd D., and Harrison, Paige M., Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2006 (Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, June 2007), NCJ217675, p. 9, Table 14. #
# Of the 249,400 state prison inmates serving time for drug offenses at yearend 2004, 112,500 (45.1%) were black, 51,800 (20.8%) were Hispanic, and 65,900 (26.4%) were white. Source: Sabol, William J., PhD, Couture, Heather, and Harrison, Paige M., Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2006 (Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, December 2007), NCJ219416, p. 24, Appendix Table 9. # "At midyear 2006 more black men (836,800) were in custody in State or Federal prison or local jail than white men (718,100) or Hispanic men (426,900) (table 13). Black men comprised 41% of the more than 2 million men in custody, and black men age 20 to 29 comprised 15.5% of all men in custody on June 30, 2006. "Relative to their numbers in the general population, about 4.8% of all black men were in custody at midyear 2006, compared to about 0.7% of white men and 1.9% of Hispanic men. Overall, black men were incarcerated at 6.5 times the rate of white men. The incarceration rate for black men was highest among black men age 25 to 29. About 11.7% of black males in this age group were incarcerated on June 30, 2006. Across age groups black men were between 5.7 and 8.5 times more likely than white men to be incarcerated." Source: Sabol, William J., PhD, Minton, Todd D., and Harrison, Paige M., Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2006 (Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, June 2007), NCJ217675, p. 9.
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The ratio between black to white basketball players is about 78 percent to 17 percent. The remaining 5 percent is made up of Latinos and Asian players.
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Prisoners at Flossenburg wore what prisoners in other concentration camps wore; striped uniforms.
A Black Maria is a police van for transporting prisoners.
According to the Ministry of Justice's latest population statistics, roughly 95% of prisoners are male.
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There is no law in California that requires prisoners to get 35 percent instead of 50 percent for Non violent crimes but just a move to de-congest the prisons.
Baa Baa Black Sheep - 1976 Prisoners of War 1-4 was released on: USA: 12 October 1976
Dhoruba Bin Wahad has written: 'Still Black, still strong' -- subject(s): Administration of Criminal justice, African American prisoners, Biography, Black Panther Party, Black nationalism, Police power, Political prisoners
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Prisoners can be released early for good behavior, but it depends on the crime itself. If it was murder, you have to serve the full time. If it was something like shoplifting, there is the possibility of being let out early.
Yes, Virginia passed a law requiring state prisoners to serve at least 65% of their sentences before becoming eligible for parole under certain conditions. This law is known as the "65 percent law" or "truth in sentencing law."
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