Study Finds Racial Disparities in Drug Imprisonment Rates

WAMU 88.5 FM American University Radio - News Features for Tuesday December 4, 2007: December 04, 2007 - The Justice Policy Institute says that about 97% of the most populated U.S. counties put African Americans in prison at higher rates than whites for drug offenses. The group released a report today that finds African Americans are ten times more likely than whites to be imprisoned for drug offenses.