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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01bz60d032q| Title: | The color of justice: Racial and ethnic disparity in state prisons |
| Contributors: | Nellis, Ashley |
| Keywords: | Discrimination in criminal justice administration—United States Imprisonment—United States Prisons—United States |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher: | The Sentencing Project |
| Place of Publication: | Washington, D.C. |
| Description: | Growing awareness of America’s failed experiment with mass incarceration has prompted changes at the state and federal level that aim to reduce the scale of imprisonment. Lawmakers and practitioners are proposing “smart on crime” approaches to public safety that favor alternatives to incarceration and reduce odds of recidivism. As a result of strategic reforms across the criminal justice spectrum, combined with steadily declining crime rates since the mid-1990s, prison populations have begun to stabilize and even decline slightly after decades of unprecedented growth. In states such as New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and California, prison depopulation has been substantial, declining by 20-30%. Still, America maintains its distinction as the world leader in its use of incarceration, including more than 1.3 million people held in state prisons around the country. This report documents the rates of incarceration for whites, African Americans, and Hispanics, providing racial and ethnic composition as well as rates of disparity for each state. |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01bz60d032q |
| Related resource: | https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/ |
| Appears in Collections: | Monographic reports and papers (Publicly Accessible) |
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