Prison Literature in America. ... The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975. ... In the last two decades the population of black male inmates grew three times as fast as the number of black men enrolled in higher education. ... In a country less than 13 percent blacks, one half of the prison population is African American. ... Goods and services must be provided to keep imprisoned populations alive. ...
Indeed, trends in Australia from 1965 to 1985 demonstrate an increasing number of homicide cases being reported to the police, but since the figures are rising more slowly than the population, the homicide rate has actually fallen over this period, from nearly six per hundred thousand to less than 4.4. The relevant data, incorporating murder statistics between 1973 and 1984 are set out in the figures blow. (Source: Wallace, Alison (1986), Homicide: The Social Reality, New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Sydney, 93) The most common justification for the death penal...
Potential answers to these questions may be found in the statistics of prison population or in the effects of mandatory sentencing or any other laws that affect prisons. ... It's common knowledge that the harsh drug-sentencing laws that congress passed in 1986 have greatly increased the prison population. ... In the past seven years this population has increased by almost 19,000. ... Also, workers have noted instances of inmates being told to replace "Made in Honduras" tags with "Made in America" tags in order to defraud customers. ... Consider just the year 2001, and just the Corrections...
"It is an affront to the founding principles of America to lock peaceful people into cages just because they consume or sell drugs" (HLPR). ... Having these demented human beings in the same environment as the rest of the population could turn into a huge disparity when they cause emotional and physical pain to others. ...
To that section of the population nothing will hold deterrent value. ... Actual statistics about the deterrent value of capital punishment are not available because it is impossible to know who may have been deterred from a committing a crime. ...
