A new report found that one in five Black men born in 2001 are likely to be incarcerated within their lifetime, down from one in three, two decades earlier.
Incarceration rates in the United States have declined since their peaks in the early 2000s. Since 2009, the overall prison population declined by 25 percent. And the decline was even greater for Black Americans.
The not-so-great news is that we’re still nowhere near out of the woods, and anti-reform efforts aren’t helping… It’s also worth noting that these decreases follow a massive wave of mass incarceration. Our prison population in 2021 was still six times as large as it was 50 years ago.
The main action here was Nixon felt threatened by blacks and hippies. So, he made their drugs illegal so he could terrorize them, go into their homes, their cars, take away their civil rights, especially their right to vote.
Reagan continued this. Bringing coke up from Nicaragua. While his wife spouted DARE nonsense he was helping fuel the crack epidemic.
Then, Clinton implemented three strikes, solidifying the prison industrial complex. To prove he was tough on crime I suppose. Clinton liked to play to the middle. He says he regrets it now.
Yes, actions have consequences. Especially the actions of US presidents.
Today, were slowly moving away from this war on people who use drugs. And what do you know, fewer black people are being incarcerated.