Too many Latino men are living in prison
Tagged: prisonPosted on: July 30th, 2007“Largely obscured by the rancorous debate surrounding U.S. immigration policy is the emergence of a trend that should be a cause of concern to all Latino communities: the explosion of the number of Latinos in prison.
There were 55,000 Latinos doing prison time in the United States in 1985. That figure has increased by more than 400 percent in 20 years, a substantially steeper rate of increase than for whites or blacks.
Currently, there are more than 450,000 Latinos in U.S. prisons or jails.”
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