All blog posts tagged with prisons

No more room, no more money

Posted July 5, 2009
Prisons are too crowded. They have been this way for a while now. But as the economy deteriorates States are faced with new challenges and realities.

Decline in Blacks in State Prisons for Drugs

Posted April 16, 2009

Solomon Moore on April 14, 2009

The number of African-American drug offenders in state prisons has declined for the first time since law enforcement agencies started the war on drugs 25 years ago, even as convictions of white drug offenders have increased, according to a new study released Tuesday.

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