Biggest racial gap in prison is among violent offenders – focusing on intervention instead of incarceration could change the numbers
- Written by Thaddeus L. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
Black men disproportionately make up the US prison population.AP Photo/Rich PedroncelliRacial disparities in state imprisonment rates dropped significantly during the first two decades of the 21st century.
That’s one of the main findings from a report published by one of us in late 2022, along with Georgia State University colleague William...