1. Racial Disparities in Incarceration
The high rate of incarceration in the United States is largely due to the policies that were put in place in connection with the war on drugs in the 1980s and 90s. Unfortunately, these policies have produced largely unequal outcomes for communities of color due to "misguided drug laws and draconian sentencing requirements" (The Drug War, Mass Incarceration and Race). According to Law Professor Bill Quigley, "African Americans, who are 13% of the population and 14% of drug users, are not only 37% of the people arrested for drugs but 56% of the people in state prisons for drug off...
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