There is a stunning gap between the number of white and black inmates in America's prisons
There is a stunning gap between the number of white and black inmates in America's prisons
- rates for ethnic groups in every state using data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. ... In state prisons, African-Americans are incarcerated at 5.1 times the rate of whites. ... Maryland has a prison population that's 72 percent black.
- rates for ethnic groups in every state using data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. ... In state prisons, African-Americans are incarcerated at 5.1 times the rate of whites. ... Maryland has a prison population that's 72 percent black.