From the Pew Center on the States report, One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections, “Adding up all probationers and parolees, prisoners and jail inmates, you’ll find America now has more than 7.3 million adults under some form of correctional control. That whopping figure is more than the populations of Chicago, Philadelphia, San Diego and Dallas put together, and larger than the populations of 38 states and the District of Columbia. During Ronald Reagan’s first term as president, 1 in every 77 adults was under the control of the correctional system in the United States. Now, 25 years later, it is 1 in 31, or 3.2 percent of all adults.”
See the press release for a quick summary and the full report for much more data.
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Sociological Images » One in 31 at Polycentrism — March 2, 2009
[...] via Sociological Images » One in 31. [...]
The Prison System « Ryan Radclyffe-Hall — March 2, 2009
[...] 3, 2009 by radicalyffe I saw this post about the USA’s prison system today, and it made me go JESUS FUCKING [...]
mordicai — March 3, 2009
Man, stupid.
I was thinking maybe a gulag would be nice?
מה את/ה אומר/ת? » יש ילד אחד כזה בכל כיתה — March 3, 2009
[...] המקור: בלוג סוציולוגי [...]
Haje — March 4, 2009
What's the difference between Jail and Prison?
Cenas dos próximos capítulos | Imaginação Sociológica — March 4, 2009
[...] Outro trata da informação de que o número pessoas cumprindo algum tipo de medida correcional (do encarceramento à liberdade condicional) nos Estados Unidos atingiu a proporção de 1 para 31. De cada 31 americanos adultos, 1 cumpre alguma medida de controle social (3,2% da população). O mais grave é que os dados desagregados por segmentos demográficos mostram que, de cada 11 adultos negros, 1 cumpre alguma medida correcional. Enquanto isso, na sala de justiça, de cada 45 adultos brancos, 1 está submetido a algum tipo de medida penal. Link para o post. [...]
Analiese’s Reading 3/5 | Quiche Moraine — March 5, 2009
[...] Sociological Images [...]
bluebetty — March 7, 2009
the diffference between jail and prison is primarily the time length. Jail is for those waiting for sentencing and sentences up to one year. In prison, someone has already been sentenced, is through with court dates and will serve a set time length.
Race, Criminal Background, and Employment » Sociological Images — November 14, 2009
[...] see our posts on America’s high imprisonment rate (here and here), the percentage of children with a parent in prison, by race, black/white disparities in [...]
Joblessness by Race, Age, Gender, and Education Level » Sociological Images — January 16, 2010
[...] Then, of course, we police black neighborhoods more aggressively than white neighborhoods, convict black people more frequently than white people, and send them to prison more often and with longer sentences (see also this post). [...]