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Mass incarceration of black people in the criminal justice system, image,…
Mass incarceration of black people in the criminal justice system
STATUS/WEALTH
Prejudice and racism are determining factors in the "worth" of someone. for example the assumption and stereotype that a Black person makes less than a white person
And while all people who have been to prison face severely reduced earnings, Black and Latino Americans are less likely than whites of the same socioeconomic group to see their earnings recover, suggesting that imprisonment traps them in low-wage jobs
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MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL:
SOCIETITES ACTIONS:
Societies views on equating black people to be violent and criminals leads to the acceptance and normalizations of such corruption.
Black communities have started to become desensitized to such events, feeling powerless
Mandatory minimum sentencing, police practices, and harsher laws have contributed to the rise of the term known as mass incarceration.
HISTORY
13th amendment and its relation to mass incarceration.
Historically, the U.S. has been extremely punitive with its penal policies, especially during the 1960s and 1980s.
Is the mass incarceration of black individuals considered to be modern day slavery?
Central Park jogger case
Racial disparities, scarce opportunities to grow as individuals. ie: getting a high paying job
Presumed assumptions in accordance to how the individual looks
POLICE BRUTALITY
Such actions allows society to wonder whether the police forces where only made to protect certain communities from the "opposing" community.
use of tactics, generally violent, by police that are unwarranted and that violate a person's civil and/or human rights
RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITY
Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons across the country at nearly five times the rate of whites, and Latinx people are 1.3 times as likely to be incarcerated than non-Latinx whites.
When former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck in 2020, the world witnessed the most racist elements of the U.S. criminal legal system on broad display.
INCARCERATION
Going to prison is a major life-altering event that creates obstacles to building stable lives in the community, such as gaining employment and finding stable and safe housing after release.
Imprisonment also reduces lifetime earnings and negatively affects life outcomes among children of incarcerated parents
