african american men make up 6.5% of the american population
they also make up 40.2% of the incarcerated population
sending men to jail doesn't solve the fundamental problems.
if it did, then prisoners who are released wouldn't be so likely to return.
we usedpunishment instead of dealing with root of the problem.
there are direct correlations between literacy and
drop out rates and going to jail.
poor, uneducated, black men are the most likely targets to go to jail.
incarceration takes fathers out of homes and workers
out of the community. it deteriorates families and communities.
watch
they also make up 40.2% of the incarcerated population
sending men to jail doesn't solve the fundamental problems.
if it did, then prisoners who are released wouldn't be so likely to return.
we usedpunishment instead of dealing with root of the problem.
there are direct correlations between literacy and
drop out rates and going to jail.
poor, uneducated, black men are the most likely targets to go to jail.
incarceration takes fathers out of homes and workers
out of the community. it deteriorates families and communities.
watch
“in the face of the largest prison buildup in the history of civilization, with two million citizens in prison, and one in every three black men under judicial constraint, we start to wonder what good the thirteenth amendment is if slavery is illegal unless a person is convicted of a crime.” (152, the irresistible revolution by shane claiborne)
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