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1. [] After a recent study done by David Neumark, a UCI economist, his researched concluded that the large increase in the incarceration rate of minorities is directly linked to decrease in high school drop outs and the increase within single parent homes. His researched showed that with the higher increase of minorities imprisoned limits the quality of men and number of them. With this, more and more minority families are single parent homes. Due to this, kids born in to a single-parent home are more likely to be held back a grade, suspended or even expelled. But, on the positive side, because more minority men are incarcerated, the number of minority high school drop outs have decreased because of the negative influence incarcerated fathers have on their children.

2. [] After over 680,000 minorities are released from prison every year, more and more problems continue to occur on the outside of prison such as health and social problems. After an American government plan to “get tough on crime” a few years back, governments have “swelled” the prisons with inmates. More people were taken to jail to reduce the amount of crime on the outsides. For thousands of inmates that have been locked up for years, most of them have lost their sense of humanity and social skills. This seems to have caused somewhat of a increase on crime due to the changes at home, such as families and society.

3. [] This article explains about how the flying incarceration rates of minority’s numbers have begun to affect minority women in society. New studies have proven that with the high numbers of incarcerated minority men, more minority women have found it hard to find a suitable partner. According to “Nightlife”, a recent broadcast, statistics show that 42% of black women are single and increases to 72% for professional black women. With lower numbers of African American men, more blacks have begun to enhance their efforts to find a partner, by means of dressing more seductively or sharing one man with multiple women.

4. [] In this New Jersey article, the white population is being blamed for 85% of the minority incarceration rate. One side of the argument tells that whites are being accused of racial discrimination at younger ages upon African American’s at a young age. Racial discrimination has been around for generations and even though much has changed for the better, there are still those who racially discriminate. But, on the opposing side of the argument, many state that this accusation is ridiculous and that the high incarceration rate is due to their crimes.

5. [] As of this decade, Wisconsin is leading America in the highest numbers for incarcerated minorities. The shocking number reveals that 154.6 hundred thousand African Americans have been incarcerated, while only 8.1 hundred thousand white American’s have been incarcerated. Wisconsin state government blames this on having the largest state in the country WITHOUT a teen court system, causing teens to go through adult court systems.