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Two Separate Societies: One in Prison, One Not

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Two Separate Societies: One in Prison, One Not By Marie Gottschalk Tuesday, April 15, 2008; A15 Forty years ago, the Kerner Commission concluded in its landmark study of the causes of racial disturbances in the United States in the 1960s: "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white -- separate and unequal." Today we are still moving toward two societies: one incarcerated and one not. The Pew Center on the States released a study in February showing that for the first time in this country's history, more than one in every 100 adults is in jail or prison. According to the Justice Department, 7 million people -- or one in every 32 adults -- are either incarcerated, on parole or probation or under some other form of state or local supervision...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 16, 2008 (boomark / email).