There are more African Americans now in prison under criminal supervision, prison, jail, probation, parole than all the slaves in 1850.
Richard Blumenthal: “There are more African Americans now in prison under criminal supervision, prison, jail, probation, parole than all the…”
On the recordDecember 8, 2014
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Blumenthal highlights the disproportionate incarceration of African Americans compared to historical slavery.
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