Lifetime chances of a person going to prison are higher for -- men (9%) than for women (1.1%) -- blacks (16.2%) and Hispanics (9.4%) than for whites (2.5%) Based on current rates of first incarceration, an estimated 28% of black males will enter State or Federal prison during their lifetime, compared to 16% of Hispanic males and 4.4% of white males. Sixty-five percent of state prison inmates belonged to racial or ethnic minorities in 1991, up from 60% in 1986. At current levels of incarceration newborn black males in this country have a greater than a 1 in 4 chance of going to prison during their lifetimes, while Hispanic males have a 1 in 6 chance, and white males have a 1 in 23 chance of serving time. NCJ 160092 The number of drug trafficking convictions in State courts more than doubled between 1986 and1990. Of persons convicted of drug trafficking in State courts in 1990--85% were male 42% were white, 57% black, and 1% of other races
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:14:15 +0000
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