The prison industrial complex continues to disproportionately impact Black communities in Houston, Texas, with Black men making up nearly half of the incarcerated population, despite making up only 19% of the city’s population.
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Latest Stats Show America’s Continued Love Affair with Mass Incarceration
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Preliminary data released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) revealed a notable increase in the number of individuals held in local […]