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Shedding
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The NCIA report discussed above continues an analysis begun by another
Washington think tank called The Sentencing Project. In 1990, the Sentencing
Project released a report titled "Young Black Men in the Criminal
Justice System: A Growing National Problem," finding that one in every
four African American males between the ages of 18 and 35 was under correctional
supervision on any given day. In 1995, the Sentencing Project released
a follow-up report, finding that the situation had worsened and that the
percentage had changed to one in three. While the reports did not tell
us what number of those were drug offenders, the 1995 report did report
that the bulk of the massive increase in incarceration of African Americans
during the preceding 15 years had been due to drug policies.
These and other reports reveal the destructive impact of a criminal
justice system running out of control. You can read summaries and order
copies on the Sentencing Project's web site, our link of the week: http://www.sproject.com.
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Issue #9, 8/29/97
International News: US Claims Progress, Fog Lifting in UK Drug Policy, March in Germany, Mexico Blood Bath | Drug War Corruption: Employees at points of entry find that crime pays better than baggage handling | Medical Marijuana: California Attorney General adds a surprising voice to calls for research | Student Drug Testing: An old and nearly forgotten phrase is uttered by a New Jersey judge... Probable cause | Media Alert: The Wall Street Journal hits the nail on the head with regard to the Drug War's destruction of Colombia's society | Justice and Human Rights: Criminal justice systems out of control in the US and China | Link of the Week: Shedding light on the impact of America's overused criminal justice system | Quote of the Week: Drug Czar McCaffrey has figured out one of the problems | Editorial: Needle exchange is still illegal in New Jersey... but that doesn't make it wrong
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