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What race makes up the biggest portion of the US prison population and why?

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    Black people are the majority in US prisons, but that will soon change to hispanics. Minorities fill the prisons, statistically. The reason? Money. First, people without money have more incentive to commit crimes and less to lose if they get caught. "3 hots and a cot" often beats the alternative, believe it or not. Second, people with money can afford lawyers with experience and connections. People without money cannot. Money really is the root of all evil.

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I can not tell you why, but according to a published report, here are the ratio of races incarcerated... this report is by the Department of Justice, and can be found here: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/pjim04.txt At midyear 2004 nearly 6 in 10 persons in local jails were racial or ethnic minorities. Whites made up 44.4% of the jail population; blacks, 38.6%; Hispanics, 15.2%; and other races (Asians, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders), 1.8%.

chipsndip

I think I had seen a study a while back that said blacks were dominant in US prison systems. But I know around here hispanics dominate the prison systems here. I'm sure that in some areas of the US, whites dominate.

Hellifino

Black people choose to not take advantage of advantages that universities offer them. Crime has proven to be the cooler choice time and again, and until that changes the prison population will be disproportionatly black.

Anonymous

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=651 If we are talking about federal prison, which most people are wthere they realize it or not, because they most often refer to crimes such as burglery, rape, murder, arson, adn other serious crimes which happen to be felonies and thus get you sent to federal prison, than the answer would be whites. white males are the highest percentage of inmates according to the DOJ's very own statistics, with 58%. follow the link

Chuck_S

The human Race.

Michael Shaughnessy

have you guys been living in utopia with Mr Rogers as your neighbor? Fact: blacks are 5 to 6 more likely to kill you and 10 times more likely to rob you than whites. I have offered all my liberal white friends 500 dollars to walk 6 blocks down Philadelphia Ave. here in Dallas Texas on a Sat. night. One of those people was ex special forces. All declined. This area is 97% black. So if blacks are not dangerous, why not take the 500 dollars? I on the other hand, offered to walk 6 blocks in 97% white Highland Park for 10 dollars. Again no takers. Liberals are phonies who don't even believe their own lies. wolfie

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