corrections - 11 - POC

stats on race/ethnicity

1 in every 54 black people are incarcerated 

• 1 in 5 will go to prison once in his life 

12.4% are black, 14% was black alone or in combination

nonhispanic african americans are 33% of prison population

disproportionate minority confinement

overrepresentation of people of color in the justice system 

• Black and hispanic americans are overrepresented 

disparity

unequal outcome 

• More black people go to prison than white people 

discrimination

deliberate prejudice 

• outcome is the result of bias, prejudice

• You can have one without the other 

racism in CJ system

differential criminality

• The disparities are predominantly justifiable based upon the behavior of those groups 

  • “People of color are more likely to commit crime” 

  • Belief is rooted in racism 

  • For some the idea that poor people are more likely to turn to crime because of their poverty and they are struggling to survive 

  • Black and hispanic people have higher rates of poverty, this is more about class but it looks like it’s about race 

CJ system is racist

• Disparities are the result of racism 

• Police are more likely to arrest black people without evidence 

• Police stop black motorists than white motorists

• People of color have bail set at a higher amount 

• Prosecutors are more likely to sentence more serious charges when the offender is black and victim is white

• People of color tend to receive longer sentences than white people 

society is racist

• The discrimination built into the system are just that 

• It runs deeper than the criminal justice system - “one tool” of oppression 

• We make laws to control the “outsider” 

• We use prison to maintain the “threatening other”

• The US chose to criminalize drugs instead of a public health issue 

institutional discrimination

racism without racists

The day to day practices of an organization or institution impacts groups differently independent of intent

bail - more POC in poverty cannot afford - not meant to be racist

adjustment to prison

private prisons

People of color are more likely to be housed in a private prison 

• primary goal = money

• cheapest prisoners, young, nonviolent

• Cut expenses on food, medical care, wages

• Staff are less experienced, less trained, fewer of them than inmates 

• Living conditions in private prisons are worse

  •  Guards are more violent with inmates 

  • Less opportunity for drug treatment 

  • More drug use 

  • Health care services are worse 

racial makeup of staff v inmates

• Disproportionately black inmates with white people in charge 

  • Makes empathy more difficult

• Prisons are in rural areas with employees from rural areas 

• Inmates are from urban areas

programming

drug treatment

dssciplinary infractions

solitary

abuse

conditions of probation

conditions of parole

mass incarceration- POC