Posted on 02/28/2013 7:43:39 AM PST by blam
The US Is Putting More White People In Prison, And Meth Could Be To Blame
Erin Fuchs
February 28, 2013
There's been a huge shift in the racial makeup of U.S. prisons in the past decade, The New York Times reports.
The Sentencing Project analyzed prison populations from 2000 to 2009, finding the rates of incarceration for blacks dropped sharply during that period: 30.7 percent for black women and 9.8 percent for men.
The report also found a major spike in incarceration rates for white men and women during the same period, according to The Times. The rate for white women increased 47.1 percent for white women and 8.5 percent for white men.
Rates of incarceration dropped slightly for Hispanic men but jumped 23.3 percent for Hispanic women.
A dramatic shift in a prison population is highly unusual, the Sentencing Project's director Marc Mauer told The Times. From the Times:
"But the trend is clear, Mr. Mauer said, adding that no single factor could explain the shifting figures but that changes in drug laws and sentencing for drug offenses probably played a large role. Other possible contributors included decreasing arrest rates for blacks, the rising number of whites and Hispanics serving mandatory sentences for methamphetamine abuse, and socioeconomic shifts that have disproportionately affected white women."
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Meth and violence go hand in hand.
Make all drugs legal. Tax them. Let Government regulate them. And nothing will change...
Looks like the Affirmative Action programs have finally been realized.
Or, the judicial system is becoming more blind and treating criminals of all races more equally.
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 will serve to further equalize the disparity between whites and blacks in prison.
If you think the tobacco lawsuits were messy, wait until you see the Meth lawsuits.
If they were really serious about the drug war, they would do it like Singapore, if you are caught dealing, death penalty. Until then, I know they really aren’t serious about it.
Maybe Meth users should organize. You know, they were once depressed about their life situation, and now because of the wonder drug meth, it makes them “feel” better. I know, “medical meth”!
The gubmint ain’t gonna let you make your own untaxed Meth.
I can just see the guy on death row for hacking 3 people to death suing “Big Meth” for a lifetime of pain and suffering.
I suspect that if you managed to shut down all the small time meth cooks and offer the business to a large pharmaceutical company, the company wouldn’t touch it based on the liabilities alone.
Except that criminals will no longer reap hyperinflated profits but will be competed out of that market.
Put the government in charge of distributing them, like health care. They would cost five times as much but no one would have any.
How about PC judges exercising disgression in sentencing.
I'm still waiting for the alcohol lawsuits. But I'm not holding my breath - brewers and distillers never claimed their product was free from health effects.
Fine with me. It keeps my white neighborhood all the safer.
Except that criminals will no longer reap hyperinflated profits but will be competed out of that market.
Because we all know that legalizing cigarettes will keep the mob out of the business
You got me - make all drugs legal, tax them nonexcessively, let government regulate them, and criminals will no longer reap hyperinflated profits but will be competed out of that market.
The Hell with the Founding Fathers, let's emulate Third World sh!tholes.
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