The Prison Industrial Complex

Mumia Abu-Jamal, from death row:



U.S. incarceration rates by race, June 30, 2006:

• Whites: 409 per 100,000
• Latinos: 1,038 per 100,000
• Blacks: 2,468 per 100,000

Gender is an important "filter" on the who goes to prison or jail, June 30, 2006:

• Females: 134 per 100,000
• Males: 1,384 per 100,000

In the United States, 11,695 out of every 100,000 black males are in prison, that's 11.7%, or about 1 out of every 9.