Mass incarceration of black people in the criminal justice system

STATUS/WEALTH

MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL:

SOCIETITES ACTIONS:

HISTORY

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

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

Having connections can assist in ones success

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?

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

Such actions allows society to wonder whether the police forces where only made to protect certain communities from the "opposing" community.

Central Park jogger case

use of tactics, generally violent, by police that are unwarranted and that violate a person's civil and/or human rights

Mandatory minimum sentencing, police practices, and harsher laws have contributed to the rise of the term known as mass incarceration.

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.

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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

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