https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c en-us 2021-02-18 17:33:28 UTC 2025-12-11 18:25:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216489822 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.]]> 2021-02-18 18:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216489822 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216489984 The U.S. holds 5% of the population but 25% of the prison population.]]> 2021-02-18 18:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216489984 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216491128 The U.S. contains 5% of the worlds population, but 25% of the worlds prison population.]]> 2021-02-18 18:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216491128 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216491548 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.]]> 2021-02-18 18:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216491548 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216492627 Only 1 in 111 white women are incarcerated ]]> 2021-02-18 18:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216492627 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216493258 1 in 3 African American men go to prison compared to 1 in 6 Latino men and 1 in 17 white men.]]> 2021-02-18 18:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216493258 michael_soeder https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216493277 The amount of people in prison in the U.S. has increased by over 120,000 in the past 70 years.]]> 2021-02-18 18:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216493277 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216495485 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.]]> 2021-02-18 18:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216495485 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216497600 The population of state and federal prisons continues to grow and has grown greatly since the 80s. ]]> 2021-02-18 18:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216497600 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216499539 2021-02-18 18:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216499539 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216499735 U.S has the world's 5% of population but holds 25% of the worlds prison population ]]> 2021-02-18 18:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216499735 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216501820 1 in every 3 black males ends up going to prison.]]> 2021-02-18 18:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216501820 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216502628 African American men are 21 times more likely to get shot by the police than white men.]]> 2021-02-18 18:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216502628 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216503377 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. ]]> 2021-02-18 18:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216503377 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216504034 Within 5 years of being arrested 77% of released prisoners are rearrested. ]]> 2021-02-18 18:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216504034 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216505793 Incarceration in the US costs $80 billion annually.]]> 2021-02-18 18:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216505793 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216506022 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."]]> 2021-02-18 18:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216506022 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216507762 Incarceration is 80 billion dollars a year]]> 2021-02-18 18:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216507762 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216508905 Within five years of being arrested, 77% of inmates return to prison again. ]]> 2021-02-18 18:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216508905 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216511962 1 in 3 black men are arrested ]]> 2021-02-18 18:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216511962 michael_soeder https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216512384 African Americans are 17% of the U.S. population and 46% of juvenile arrests.]]> 2021-02-18 18:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216512384 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216515615 Incarceration in the costs 80 billion dollars annually.]]> 2021-02-18 18:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216515615 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216519390 The penalty for possessing crack cocaine is about 18 times more the penalty for possessing powder cocaine.]]> 2021-02-18 18:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216519390 https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216524000 How low the average prison population was just 50 years ago compared to now. ]]> 2021-02-18 18:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gkenealy/x071o7p8cf8duc5c/wish/1216524000