A quick look: US Imprisonment rates from 1978-2012
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Julius Skrrvin
I be winkin' through the scope
Call yourself the land of the free then lock up all your citizens brehs 
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
Freedumb
Reject the platform that would reverse this trend, then complain brehs
Reject the platform that would reverse this trend, then complain brehs
which platform is that my brother?
War on drugs has been a colossal failure but no politician will stand up and say it's time to end it.
Julius Skrrvin
I be winkin' through the scope
Reject the platform that would reverse this trend, then complain brehs
that's one thing libertardigans have spot on, no complaints from me.Also, you sound like salty Blueprint 2 jay
Amulet of Immortality
Lost time is never found again
More people should be in prison.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
The trend needs to be reversed.
It's a problem everywhere but the South is seriously on some modern day slavery tip.
Louisiana went straight to purple.
I wonder why Utah has such a high prison rate? Low population?
It's a problem everywhere but the South is seriously on some modern day slavery tip.
Louisiana went straight to purple.
I wonder why Utah has such a high prison rate? Low population?
The conservative counterrevolution at work. 
That's not Utah. You are looking at either Arizona or Nevada. Arizona has the Mexican border and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Nevada is self explanatory.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
You're right it was Nevada, my head must've been in the clouds that day.
Casinos, organized crime and what not?
And guess what, we have more illegal drugs than ever. I would laugh if I wasn't so fukking pissed off about this shyt. 
Here's another statistic for you... America locks up a higher percentage of it's minorities than South Africa did during apartheid.
Here's another statistic for you... America locks up a higher percentage of it's minorities than South Africa did during apartheid.
1. A black male born in 2001 has a 32% chance of spending some portion of his life in prison. A white male born the same year has just a 6% chance. [Sentencing Project]
2. In major American cities, as many as 80% of young African-American men have criminal records. [Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow]
3. African-Americans who use drugs are more than four times as likely to be incarcerated than whites who use drugs. African Americans constitute 14% of the population and 14% of monthly drug users. But African-Americans respresent 34% of those arrested for a drug offense and 53% of those sentenced to prison for a drug offense. [American Bar Association]
4. In seven states, African Americans constitute 80% or more of all drug offenders sent to prison. [Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow]
5. Black students are three and a half times as likely to be suspended or expelled than their white peers. One in five black boys recieve an out-of-school suspension. Education Secretary Arne Duncan who commissioned the study, said “The undeniable truth is that the everyday education experience for too many students of color violates the principle of equity at the heart of the American promise.” [New York Times]
6. Black youth who are referred to juvenile court are much more likely to be detained, referred to adult court or end up in adult prison than their white counterparts. Blacks represented 28% of juvenile arrests, 30% of referrals to juvenile court, 37% of the detained population, 35% of youth judicially waived to criminal court and 58% of youth admitted to state adult prison. [National Council on Crime And Deliquency]
7. The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid. [Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow]
America Incarcerates More Black Men than South Africa Did During the Height of Apartheid | Black Blue Dog
2. In major American cities, as many as 80% of young African-American men have criminal records. [Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow]
3. African-Americans who use drugs are more than four times as likely to be incarcerated than whites who use drugs. African Americans constitute 14% of the population and 14% of monthly drug users. But African-Americans respresent 34% of those arrested for a drug offense and 53% of those sentenced to prison for a drug offense. [American Bar Association]
4. In seven states, African Americans constitute 80% or more of all drug offenders sent to prison. [Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow]
5. Black students are three and a half times as likely to be suspended or expelled than their white peers. One in five black boys recieve an out-of-school suspension. Education Secretary Arne Duncan who commissioned the study, said “The undeniable truth is that the everyday education experience for too many students of color violates the principle of equity at the heart of the American promise.” [New York Times]
6. Black youth who are referred to juvenile court are much more likely to be detained, referred to adult court or end up in adult prison than their white counterparts. Blacks represented 28% of juvenile arrests, 30% of referrals to juvenile court, 37% of the detained population, 35% of youth judicially waived to criminal court and 58% of youth admitted to state adult prison. [National Council on Crime And Deliquency]
7. The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid. [Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow]
America Incarcerates More Black Men than South Africa Did During the Height of Apartheid | Black Blue Dog