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9. Men are given longer sentences for the same crimes

Sat Feb 7, 2015, 12:23 PM

Feb 2015

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/men-women-prison-sentence-length-gender-gap_n_1874742.html

No matter how you parse that paragraph, it is false. Black women are incarcerated less than men of any racial background. Black women are treated unfairly in comparison to white women only.

http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/Llgsfp.pdf

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Prison Inequality: Women and Race --and a Stunning, but Unsurprising Oversight. [View all] Bonobo Feb 2015 OP

In contrast, blacks are 6 times more likely to be in jail than whites. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #1

Ignored this *mildly* pertinent part, eh? F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #3

Yes, it was in Oklahoma. The study was referenced in the article F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #5

Comprehension is as well, evidently Major Nikon Feb 2015 #6

Exactly. nt Bonobo Feb 2015 #7

You make many good points. NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #8

Men are given longer sentences for the same crimes lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #9