Oct 17, 2014 ... "The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than  South Africa did at the height of apartheid." ... The more I think about it, the less  important I find the debate to be. ... white-dominated political structures would be  more responsive than they are now to the terrors of incarceration.
... on the comparisons between the US currently, and South Africa under  apartheid. ... Incarceration rate per 100,000 population in South Africa under  apartheid (1993) ... Incarceration rate per 100,000 African-American males in the  United States ... Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry (April 2003) by  Peter Wagner, ...
Oct 12, 2011 ... More black men are behind bars or under the watch of the criminal justice system  ... More than 846,000 black men were incarcerated in 2008, according to U.S.  Bureau ... African Americans make up 13.6 percent of the U.S. population ... was  ratified prohibiting laws that explicitly deny the right to vote on the ...
The United States has the highest prison and jail population (2,121,600 in adult  facilities in ... On January 1, 2008 more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States  were in prison ... of its black population than South Africa did at the height of  apartheid". ... of apartheid in South Africa, the prison rate for black male South  Africans, ...
4. “The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a  percentage than apartheid South Africa did,” Kristof said in the clip. READ MORE.
The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did.