Reported by April Taylor
There is no shortage of studies about mass incarceration and the harmful social effects it causes, but a recent study by the Brooking’s Institution’s Hamilton Project highlights a disturbing trend regarding its disproportionate impact on African-American men. The study points out that the social and economic costs of incarceration are too high and affect poor and minority communities in a much more drastic way than the general population.
As reported by the Grio, the study finds that there is a 70 percent chance that an African-American man who does not earn a high school diploma will wind up in jail before he reaches his mid-30′s. This is often referred to as the school-to-prison pipeline. The study also points out that an African-American child under the age of 14 has a 50 percent chance of having his father go to prison. This sits in stark contrast to the experience of white children who only face a 10 percent chance of losing a father to the mass incarceration epidemic.
Because, Minorities are scrutinized more and are sent to jail more and are sentenced and charged more severely… its not a secret. racism still exist amongst low educated in bred southern places.