Becky Pettit on the Prison Population, Survey Data and African-American Progress
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The Rise of Educational Inequality in the United States
Proul: The U.S. incarcerates a higher fraction of its population than any other advanced industrialized country. Men are much more likely to be in prison or jail than are whites or Hispanics or any other racial group, he says. Proul: People with low levels of education have historically been overrepresented in the criminal justice system. He says educational inequality has become so dramatic that among young black men who have dropped at a high school, two thirds can expect to spend at least a year in prison.
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