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People in the News

Friday, October 17, 2025

People in the News

Friday, October 17, 2025

Growing Up to Go to Jail Where Daddy Is

Boys Prison Pic

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-30s.  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.

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  1. 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.

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