Not exact matches
And African - American
men are far more likely to be stopped and searched by police, charged with crimes and sentenced to longer
prison terms
than white men convicted of the same offenses.
Black
men were also found to be over three times more likely to be arrested
than white men, and in
prisons black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) males are almost five times more likely to be housed in high security for public order offences
than white men.
«There is something profoundly wrong when African - American
men are still far more likely to be stopped and searched by police, charged with crimes and sentenced to longer
prison terms
than are meted out to their
white counterparts.»