Nearly 60 percent of those locked up were nabbed for drug related crimes. Of the more than two million who are incarcerated, 38 percent are black; in 20 states, the number of black people behind bars far exceeds the number who aren't. And these figures don't include people on probation or parole. What, you might be inclined to ask, is going on here? |
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