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Disturbing Statistic : San Francsico Has More Blacks in Jail than in the City

07:35 H | Topics: Justice - Race - San Francisco

The prison industrial complex is alive and well in San Francisco and it's using blacks as the raw material. In recent years the black population in the city of San Francisco has been decreasing, with one exception, prisons.

More than 60 percent of all prisoners are African American, according
to a survey of the city jail's population. And of the 282 female
prisoners, 67 percent are black.
About 42 percent of the jail population is in custody for drug
offenses, the study found.
A similar study in 1996 found that half of the jail population was
African American. A 2005 study put the number at 53 percent.
In contrast, 6.7 percent of San Francisco residents are black- a number that has been in steady decline, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

What is the reason for this alarming stat? Racial profiling.

Anti-drug policies disproportionately target people of color communities: conducting sweeps, illegally searching people. What is also alarming is how women of color are being targeted at a greater rate.

Hmm where is Hillary Clinton on that woman centered information?

While none of this information is new, it's alarming to note the rate of increase in one city, especially when we know that this trend is repeating itself across the country.

Via / SF Gate, Email

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