Mar 30, 2011 ... “More African American men are in prison or jail, on probation or parole than  were enslaved in 1850, before the ... at historical lows, then why have rates of  incarcerated men of color skyrocketed over the past 30 years? ... youth in some  inner-city communities can expect to be incarcerated in their lifetimes.
Oct 12, 2011 ... More black men are behind bars or under the watch of the criminal justice system  than there were enslaved in 1850, according to the author of a book abou. ... men  in prison and jail, or on probation and parole, than were slaves before ... More  than 846,000 black men were incarcerated in 2008, according to ...
Feb 23, 2015 ... "There are more black men under correctional control today than there were  under slavery in 1850," he noted. ... today's systems of probation and parole ( although in modern prisons, practices such as solitary confinement are ...
Feb 23, 2015 ... There are more black men under correctional control today than ... and probation  (supervision as an alternative to a prison sentence). ... there were in slavery in  1850, the addition of probation and parole brings it over the top.
Jan 16, 2012 ... Under Jim Crow laws, black Americans were relegated to a subordinate status for  decades. ... "People are swept into the criminal justice system — particularly in ...  "Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison  or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, ...
There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850.