The “war on drugs” that began in the 80s led to a dramatic increase in the number of Black, but not so much White americans in prison and jail (see here). One of the consequences of disproportionately imprisoning Blacks and Latinos, of course, is disproportionately separating Black and Latino children from their parents.
Source: Bureau of Justice statistics via Chris Uggen’s Weblog.
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Tim — September 21, 2008
Statistics on how many children inmates the three categories have should be provided alongside this.
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