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Color of the Keystone: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the Use of Incarceration in Pennsylvania

Publication year: 2001 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: A summary of studies regarding Pennsylvania having the "greatest racial disparity in the state's varied uses of incarceration" is provided. Some of the statistics include: in the last 25 years 70% of new inmates are non-white; 97% of 20-55 year old African-American males in Union County are serving time in federal prisons; and 94% of 20-55 year old Hispanic males from Union County are also incarcerated.
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