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Re:Why America's prisons are an unconstitutional moral horro... by 8note on Monday April 05, 2021 @08:39PM (#26706621)
Racist policing and racist sentencing seem like they could easily make up for the proportion.

Most white people don't get charged when they are caught commiting a crime, and the ones that do get light sentences that can keep them out of the correctional system

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Re:Why America's prisons are an unconstitutional moral horro... by mikepurvis on Monday April 05, 2021 @08:43PM (#26706648)
To be honest, I haven't studied it in depth, but I think the point is that it's many factors or potential factors— it isn't a problem which is going to be solved by addressing just one aspect.
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