Why Are So Many Black Men in Prison?
Why Are So Many Black Men in Prison? A Comprehensive Account of How and Why the Prison Industry Has… by Demico Boothe
19.95 EE-3699
African-American males are
being imprisoned at an alarming and unprecedented rate. Out of the more than 11
million black adult males in the U.S. population, nearly 1.5 million are in
prisons and jails with another 3.5 million more on probation or parole or who
have previously been on probation or parole. Black males make up the majority
of the total prison population, and due to either present or past incarceration
is the most socially disenfranchised group of American citizens in the country
today. This book, which was penned by Boothe while he was still incarcerated,
details the author's personal story of a negligent upbringing in an
impoverished community, his subsequent engagement in criminal activity (drug
dealing), his incarceration, and his release from prison and experiencing of
the crippling social disenfranchisement that comes with being an ex-felon. The
author then relates his personal experiences and realizations to the seminal
problems within the African-American community, federal government, and
criminal justice system that cause his own experiences to be the same
experiences of millions of other young black men. This book focuses on the
totality of how and why the U.S. prison system became the largest prison system
in the world, and is filled with relevant statistical and historical references
and controversial facts and quotes from notable persons and sources.
