Posted on Sep 18, 2015
What can be done to Address the Incarceration Rate amongst Minorities in this Country?
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The Incarceration Rate in this Country is ALARMING! African Americans and Latinos are SUPPOSE to make up a Small Percentage in the Populace! However, they Occupy most of the Jails and Prison! What can be done to Address this Issue?
Federal Bureau of Prisons
United States
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Change the laws on Schedule I drugs, picking up trash along side the road or other contribution to society as punishment for minor infractions, I probably deviate from my normal conservative friends on this. Second solution is to stop breaking the laws. Don't parents counsel their kids? To the best of knowledge, my kids and now grandsons will not use. In part because the family tells them that it is against the law and you can be punished.
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SPC Andrew Griffin
First I would say the violent crime rate in this country is somewhat alarming. Thankfully there are some areas which have lowered rates mainly die to improved relationships between local police and the communities they patrol and serve.
Improved relationships between police and those they serve, parents and schools their children attend, helping to keep parents together with their children is by far the most important aspect. Hedonism too off in the 1970's. On the one hand people moved in and out of relationships with no-fault divorce trumpeted as no harm to anybody including children. On the other hand crime and especially violent crime rose as people with little reason to hope increasing joined gangs or engaged in other criminal activities as some kind of payback against whatever.
Bernie Sanders comment above is ludicrous - first he lumps jails [which virtually every community has] and prisons [which are much fewer] and compares them with colleges and and universities. The number of college and universities vastly outnumbers the number of prisons.
One of the ironies of Bernie sander's statements is that many people in prison are educated in more stable environments. One of my sons is incarcerated at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. He is near to completing two baccalaureate degrees after serving 4 of his 35 year sentence.
First I would say the violent crime rate in this country is somewhat alarming. Thankfully there are some areas which have lowered rates mainly die to improved relationships between local police and the communities they patrol and serve.
Improved relationships between police and those they serve, parents and schools their children attend, helping to keep parents together with their children is by far the most important aspect. Hedonism too off in the 1970's. On the one hand people moved in and out of relationships with no-fault divorce trumpeted as no harm to anybody including children. On the other hand crime and especially violent crime rose as people with little reason to hope increasing joined gangs or engaged in other criminal activities as some kind of payback against whatever.
Bernie Sanders comment above is ludicrous - first he lumps jails [which virtually every community has] and prisons [which are much fewer] and compares them with colleges and and universities. The number of college and universities vastly outnumbers the number of prisons.
One of the ironies of Bernie sander's statements is that many people in prison are educated in more stable environments. One of my sons is incarcerated at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. He is near to completing two baccalaureate degrees after serving 4 of his 35 year sentence.
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According to Trump we can deport them.
SPC Andrew Griffin
Sir! First of all allow me to say thank you! I always Look for your Commentary! You give a Fresh Perspective! You are Frank! Detailed and Well informed! Thank you for being a Blessing to this Post!
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FAMILY: I would like to take Each and Everyone of you for taking the Time out and Respond! The Responses were and Filled with a WEALTH of knowledge! I ran out of Votes for the Day! They only give 75! They need to change that!
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SPC Andrew Griffin The high proportion of arrests in the African-American community is due to the community being an easy target for the police.
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LTC Bink Romanick
I could go in and on SPC Griffin about the courts, the prison system and the privatization of the incarceration system. I got it all. I know where it's coming from. Don't forget the school to jail program.
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SPC Andrew Griffin
LTC Bink Romanick - Your right and I heard recently that Michael Jordan has invested in Prisons!
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