Sentences with phrase «high incarceration rates of»

A scathing indictment of Australia's failure to address the high incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has been published in an international journal, BMJ Global Health.

The Crikey piece by Chris Graham (ex the National Indigenous Times) on the criminally high incarceration rates of Aboriginal people has drawn some heated comment on the Crikey website.

A scathing indictment of Australia's failure to address the high incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has been published in an international journal, BMJ Globa... Read more

Caire and the Urban League say the school is needed because of the dismal performance of minority students in public schools in Madison, along with high incarceration rates of young African American men in Dane County.

Not exact matches

That's the second - highest rate of per capita incarceration in the world, second only to the Seychelles.

The state, which has the highest incarceration rate in the country, is feeling the pressure of a massive criminal justice budget, and is already slashing funds for public defenders.

The DA is a powerful position in Philadelphia, a city with the highest rate of incarceration, the highest poverty rate, and the third highest violent crime rate of the US's 10 most populated cities.

The conservatives and their beloved drug war are taking a clear social problem and making it vastly worse by felonizing even small time dealing, throwing so many people into prison till the «land of the free» has the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world and making those people all but unemployable when they get out.

Before the era of mass incarceration, there was already evidence linking problems in poor neighborhoods to the high number of single - parent households and also to the high rate of mobility: the continual turnover on many blocks as transients moved in and out.

Like other women in communities with high rates of incarceration, she faced a shortage of potential mates.

Fatherless children have rates of incarceration, criminal activity, possession of firearms, poverty, drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, incompletion of school, and overall parental neglect and maltreatment alarmingly higher than their two - parent counterparts.

We, in the land of the «free» sadly, do have the highest, and / or, one of the higest, incarceration rates in the world.

We have one of the higher rates of incarceration in the civilized world.

We've spent billions of dollars, locked up so many people we have a higher rate of incarceration than the Soviet Union did, done real harm to some of our most fundamental Constitutional protections, and for what?

Massive increases in incarceration rates and the general decline of working - class jobs have devastated the labor market prospects of men with a high school degree or less, the authors say.

Women have significantly higher rates of Alzheimer's disease, depression, which is itself is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, and anxiety disorders, while men have higher rates of (ADHD), conduct - related problems, and incarceration (by 1,400 %).

For example, Georgia and Minnesota have high rates of people on felony probation, though Minnesota is a low incarceration state.

With no differences between the two hypothetical groups other than the length of the sentence, even 3 extra months in prison led to higher incarceration rates over time.

In previous studies, the researchers showed that CPC program participants have attained higher incomes, and experienced lower rates of serious crime, incarceration, and depression than participants of other programs.

It's a compelling idea (enough to sway a key ally played by Daniel Kaluuya), and a reminder that throughout the African diaspora, the black - white power balance remains as it is courtesy of Jim Crow practices designed to keep minorities in check: persistent segregation, broken drug laws, racially targeted policing, disproportionately high incarceration rates — all of which are identified and indicted by Coogler's truth - to - power script.

Chronicling the history of racial inequality in the United States, The 13th examines how our country has produced the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with the majority of those imprisoned being African - American.

Today, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Netflix have announced that this year's opening - night selection, unspooling September 30 at Alice Tully Hall, will be Ava DuVernay's The 13th, an indictment of America's high rates of incarceration (especially among African - Americans).

Minority communities in the United States have yet to generate a large cadre of high achievers, a situation as discouraging as the high incarceration rates among minorities who never finish high school.

The issue has gained more traction throughout 2016, as discussions of disproportionately high incarceration rates among minority men have captured widespread media attention.

The costs of these gaps (most commonly associated with low income, limited education, and minority group status) are reflected in higher school dropout rates, lower economic productivity, decreased social mobility, increased need for medical services, and higher rates of incarceration.

The program seeks to address the many disparities in outcomes for black men, including large gaps with white men regarding high - school graduation rates, college enrollment and completion rates, lifetime earnings, longevity, and the likelihood of incarceration.

Graduating high school is associated with a number of critical life outcomes, ranging from lifetime earnings to incarceration rates.

These savings are magnified after high school because graduates earn higher wages, are less likely to need social and economic assistance, and have lower rates of incarceration than non-graduates.

Given the oft - studied economic impacts associated with graduation rates, e.g., lifetime earnings, unemployment, and incarceration rates, «the negative economic implications of less on - time high school completion may be far reaching and multifaceted.»

Research has shown that high rates of suspension among minorities leads to higher rates of incarceration and high drop out rates.

Boston University economics professor Kevin Lang's 2013 study, «The School to Prison Pipeline Exposed,» links increases in the use of high - stakes standardized high school exit exams to increased incarceration rates.

In the next 20 years, children at St. Marcus Lutheran Schools will generate an aggregate benefit of about $ 7 million due to the school's low incarceration rate and $ 64 million due to their high graduation rate.

Dropouts have higher rates of incarceration and are more likely to be unemployed and have unstable families.

Zero - tolerance policies have been shown to be ineffective in addressing any type of misbehavior, including bullying, and they carry heavy consequences for students, such as higher drop - out and incarceration rates.

Boston University economics professor Kevin Lang's 2013 study The School - to - Prison Pipeline Exposed reveals that increases in the use of high - stakes standardized high school exit exams are linked to increased incarceration rates.

Attorney James Hall, president of the Milwaukee chapter of the NAACP, rattled off a host of statistics about Milwaukee's low ranking on a number of quality - of - life metrics, from the recent finding by the Annie E. Casey Foundation that Wisconsin is the worst state in the nation for African American children, to our sky - high levels of mass incarceration of black men, our nation - leading racial gap in student achievement, our high poverty rate and geographic segregation.

The United States boasts the world's highest incarceration rate, with a staggering 24 percent of the world's total prison population, in easily the most widespread example of punishment masquerading as reform.

With more than 61,000 inmates in the Oklahoma prison system, we have the second highest incarceration rate in the country; are prisons are at 119 % + capacity; and 77 % of Oklahomans personally know someone who has been sent to a correctional facility.

Oklahoma's female incarceration rate is roughly 243 % higher than the national average of 64 per 100,000 women.

Outlining a ritual of incarceration from entry to release and re-integration, State of Incarceration constructs a complex challenge to the societal perceptions and fear - based policies of a nation with the highest rate of incarceration incarceration from entry to release and re-integration, State of Incarceration constructs a complex challenge to the societal perceptions and fear - based policies of a nation with the highest rate of incarceration Incarceration constructs a complex challenge to the societal perceptions and fear - based policies of a nation with the highest rate of incarceration incarceration in the world.

The film looks at the privatization of the prison system, «exposing the conflict between for - profit corporations focused on pleasing investors and the communities which must deal with the consequences of high incarceration rates.»

The city, which has one of the highest incarceration rates in the country, has steadily reduced the number of people in jail over the past six years.

Analytical and philosophical posts cover criminal justice writ large: misconceptions about the rate of violent crime, how to fix the jury system, «overcriminalization» and the high rate of incarceration in the U.S.

When sentencing an Aboriginal offender, courts must consider: (1) The unique systemic or background factors which may have played a part in bringing the particular aboriginal offender before the courts.To do this courts are to take judicial notice of such matters as the history of colonialism, displacement, and residential schools and how that history continues to translate into lower educational attainment, lower incomes, higher unemployment, higher rates of substance abuse and suicide, and higher levels of incarceration for Aboriginal peoples.

Once the case reached the country's highest tribunal, the Supreme Court explained that the intent of the Criminal Code provision, introduced in Parliament in 1994, is to alleviate the higher rate of incarceration for Indigenous offenders and to implement restorative justice — an approach that views crime as harm done to people and that seeks to rehabilitate offenders through reconciliation with victims and the community.

Rates of incarceration of Indigenous parents as a subgroup are significantly higher — an issue that has long been recognized as having deleterious effects on Indigenous communities.

She is a board member for a transitional home for men trying to reintegrate into society after incarceration, and a member of the Toronto District School Board black student achievement advisory committee where she drafts policies to reduce drop - out rates among black high school students, as well as coaches soccer at the Burlington youth soccer club.

These can include higher universal healthcare costs as people deal with the physical and mental health impacts of unresolved legal issues, increased reliance on social assistance, the price of incarceration, decreased workforce participation, and higher rates of homelessness, addiction and other socially - costly impacts.

In Canada, aborigines suffer far higher rates of unemployment, homelessness, incarceration and suicide than the general population.

The rate of incarcerated accused awaiting trial is by far the highest in the country and Manitoba has one of the highest rates of incarceration of Indigenous people.