Institutionalized Racism in Prison
In prison, it's not necessary for you to be a racist in order for you to act like one, to live within the confines of a strict racial divide, to discriminate. These are things you have to do in here, [...]
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Does Racial Integration in Prisons Work?
In the past several years, there have been numerous court rulings that have declared segregation in prison housing unconstitutional. The United States as a whole has abandoned old policies of segregation for 50 years – everywhere but the prison system. [...]
Race in Prison: Why Do Blacks and Whites Self-Segregate?
As I sat thinking about how and what to write on such a sensitive topic, I kept asking myself where to begin. Do I start with the fact that although blacks in America only comprise about 12% of the population, they [...]
Racism in Prison Goes Both Ways
Like many other communities, prison is largely self-segregated. Considering the psychodynamics within, this is not unexpected. One of the biggest surprises of prison life, however, is that so many on the inside are neither the racists they claim for themselves nor [...]