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Read News: New Findings: Sharp Decline in Black Incarceration for Drug Offenses

By The Sentencing Project

  For the first time in 25 years, since the inception of the "war on drugs," the number of African Americans incarcerated in state prisons for drug offenses has declined substantially, according to a study released today by The Sentencing Project. It finds a 21.6% drop in the number of blacks incarcerated for a drug offense, a decline of 31,000 people during the period 1999-2005. The study, The Changing Racial Dynamics of the War on Drugs, also documents a corresponding rise in the number of whites in state prison for a drug offense, an increase of 42.6% during this time frame, or more than 21,000 people. The number of Latinos incarcerated for state drug offenses was virtually unchanged. Posted Date:4/14/2009 7:28:03 PM

Full post as published by The Sentencing Project on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).