https://facebook/groups/1526986607526959/ UN Human Rights Committee finds US in violation on 25 counts. Of the report’s 25 issues, four looked at racial disparities within the United States’ criminal justice system and law enforcement practices. The United States contains the largest prison population in the world, holding over 2.4 million people in domestic jails and prisons, immigration detention centers, military prisons, civil commitment centers and juvenile correctional facilities. Its prison population is even larger than those of authoritarian governments like China and Russia, which, respectively, hold 1,640,000 and 681,600 prisoners, according to the International Centre for Prison Studies. More than 60 percent of the U.S. prison population are people of color. African Americans, while 13 percent of the national population, constitute nearly 40 percent of the prison population. Moreover, one in every three Black males can expect to go to prison in their lifetime, compared to one in every six Latino males, and one in every 17 white males. sfbayview/2014/un-human-rights-committee-finds-us-in-violation-on-25-counts/
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:05:12 +0000
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