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New Poll Shows Mass Incarceration Is A Latinx Issue

Prison Policy Initiative Feb 19, 2018
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Earlier this month LatinoJustice PRLDEF, a national not-for-profit Latino civil rights organization, released findings from a new national poll of the Latinx community on their views of the criminal justice system.

Senior Analyst Edward D. Vargas finds that, like most Americans, the majority of Latinxs favor rehabilitation over more punitive responses to crime, such as added police or prisons.

Latinx people make up about 20% of the U.S. incarcerated population, they experience differential treatment at the hands of the police, face stiffer school discipline than their white peers, and are increasingly subject to harassment by ICE.

Read the full article about Latinx incarceration by Lucius Couloute at Prison Policy Initiative.

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