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Today, 2.7 million children in America have a parent behind bars. These children are more likely to be incarcerated during their lifetime than other children.

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The U.S. holds 5% of the population but 25% of the prison population.

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The U.S. contains 5% of the worlds population, but 25% of the worlds prison population.

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Today, 2.7 million children in America have a parent behind bars. These children are more likely to be incarcerated during their lifetime than other children.

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Only 1 in 111 white women are incarcerated

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1 in 3 African American men go to prison compared to 1 in 6 Latino men and 1 in 17 white men.

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The amount of people in prison in the U.S. has increased by over 120,000 in the past 70 years.

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The penalty for possessing crack cocaine is about 18 times more than possessing powdered cocaine. The only difference being that crack cocaine contains baking soda and water. And we learned that crack was mainly used in the black neahborhoods.

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The population of state and federal prisons continues to grow and has grown greatly since the 80s.

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The only difference being that crack cocaine contains baking soda and water.

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U.S has the world's 5% of population but holds 25% of the worlds prison population

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1 in every 3 black males ends up going to prison.

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African American men are 21 times more likely to get shot by the police than white men.

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Maintaining a jail and its inmates costs around $80 billion dollars a year. This money could be used for something more important across the country.

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Within 5 years of being arrested 77% of released prisoners are rearrested.

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Incarceration in the US costs $80 billion annually.

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We thought it was troubling that "Black Americans represent 13% of the population in the U.S. and about the same percentage of drug users, but they represent 44% of those incarcerated for drug crimes."

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Incarceration is 80 billion dollars a year

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Within five years of being arrested, 77% of inmates return to prison again.

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African Americans are 17% of the U.S. population and 46% of juvenile arrests.

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1 in 3 black men are arrested

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Incarceration in the costs 80 billion dollars annually.

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The penalty for possessing crack cocaine is about 18 times more the penalty for possessing powder cocaine.

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How low the average prison population was just 50 years ago compared to now.