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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Who says an existing company wouldn't get into the market?
"What do you call a country that takes 35% of salaries to finance a state investment fund run by the prime minister's wife? Where the government controls companies responsible for 60% of gross domestic product and 85% of its citizens live in public housing? And a country with stringent restrictions on the media and public information, limits on freedom of expression and assembly, and courts that help perpetuate the domination of the only ruling party the country has ever known?
"The country described above is Singapore"
Singapore is clean and people live well enough but there is absolutely no heart and soul to that place. It’s a concrete and glass wasteland with no character. I don’t want to live in a place like that.
Depending on how big they are -— Meth dealers should be hanged or shot (their choice)
Lesser dealers exiled after being indelibly branded
What do you call a country that takes 35% of salaries to finance a state investment fund run by the prime minister's wife?
Unlike in America, where Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, in Singapore retirement funds deducted from paychecks are invested in a state-administered fund called Temasek Holdings, whose financial records are publicly available.
The CEO of Temasek is Ho Ching.
Ho Ching became CEO of Temasek in 2002, two years before her husband was elected Prime Minister of Singapore.
She has a degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, was a defense engineer for more than a decade, then went to the private sector and worked her way up to CEO of a technology company.
She is a self-made woman who was not appointed to her job by her husband.
Where the government controls companies responsible for 60% of gross domestic product
The Singaporean government, instead of giving welfare handouts like a Third World country would do, uses tax money to seed investments in companies that gainfully employ Singaporeans and which plow their profits back into the local economy.
and 85% of its citizens live in public housing?
This is simply false. While the real estate companies that finance Singaporean housing have the Singaporean government among their investors, this is not subsidized housing provided by the government. It is housing paid for by its residents.
And a country with stringent restrictions on the media and public information
Its restrictions are common to other British Commonwealth countries, like - famously - Canada and the UK with their "superinjunctions" on "sensitive information."
limits on freedom of expression and assembly
Singapore censors pornography (like America in the 1950s) and it also requires police permits for public demonstrations (like pretty much every city in America). It also enforces criminal libel more strictly than we do in America.
and courts that help perpetuate the domination of the only ruling party the country has ever known?
The PAP has held a majority in the Singapore Parliament for 53 years. The Democrats held a majority of the US Congress for 40 years. The PAP lost 6% of its vote in the past election and Singapore's left-wing minority now holds a 40% position in the Parliament.
Muhammad Cohen (formerly Eliot Cohen) is a long time critic of Singapore, which he sees as anti-Muslim and anti-Indonesian.
He's not a reliable source of unbiased information.
Maybe so, but I don't think it has anything to do with their policies towards drug dealers.
Good response on the Singapore government. I can’t help but to prefer the “wild East” of living in Thailand as we did. I don’t, however deny its problems.
No character?
Few cities outside of New York and London have such varied and high-quality dining options as Singapore.
Because it is a port city that has basically been built from the ground up starting in the 1960s it does not have quaint old buildings, or picturesque temples, or stunning natural vistas, etc.
All its architecture is modern as a result, so it certainly doesn't have the appeal of Bali or old Hong Kong.
But it has its other charms - mostly food and musical performances.
surprised no one has commented on “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.”
Because the only way for him to get her that job was by direct appointment - indirect influence and favor-currying are nonexistent in Singapore's government.
Look, "Third World sh!thole" was an overstatement - but it's clear to me that Singapore, whatever its positive aspects, is not a place that our Land of the Free should emulate.
Thanks, folks, for your accurate rejoinders to “JustSayNoToNannies”.
Singapore works! Wonderful place.
There is, I repeat NO, comparison to be made between tobacco and meth.
She got the job before he was ever elected Prime Minister.
Temasek is a $90B investment fund.
It is considered the most transparent sovereign wealth fund in the world.
Because of this transparency, she makes considerably less money than she would in other roles that are under less public scrutiny.
If this were about nepotism, her husband could set her up much more profitably if she and he were both corrupt.
She is very smart, and she is very good at what she does.
Insinuating - with zero evidence - that she got her job underhandedly is pretty low.
Look, "Third World sh!thole" was an overstatement - but it's clear to me that Singapore, whatever its positive aspects, is not a place that our Land of the Free should emulate.
We don't need to emulate anyone. We have the world's best Constitution.
“We don’t need to emulate anyone.”
I’m glad we agree - dfwgator seemed to think otherwise (”do it like Singapore”).
More on Singapore:
“The visit of a government minister to the area last year provoked a cheeky protest, with cartoon cut-outs of a white elephant posted around the closed [light-rail commuter] station greeting his arrival.
“Singapore’s no-nonsense government took the matter seriously. The police launched an investigation to try to identify the culprits and issued a warning to local grassroots leaders.
“The police still had their eye on the troublesome area even after the government decided to open the station. A plan by a group of female high-school students to help raise money for charity by selling white elephant T-shirts at the station’s inauguration ceremony was seen as a potentially subversive act.”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d7d6f9c2-87b8-11da-8762-0000779e2340.html#ixzz2MDqcfCso
ping to previous post
Except that lawyers see $$$$ with both of them.
All I said was that if the US was really serious in the Drug War, and trying to stop it, that's what they'd do.....What they do now is ineffective and only serves to enrich the coffers of government without doing anything to solve the problem.
Sorry, that post was meant for JustSayNo...
All I said was that if the US was really serious in the Drug War, and trying to stop it, that's what they'd do
Do you advocate that the US do what Singapore does - yes or no?
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