Approximately 40 percent of the inmate population is incarcerated for a current or past sexual offense at these federal prisons. This reduces the level of prison politics, making the facilities safe for vulnerable populations. List of Medium Security Federal Prisons by State Below, we present a ...
people who are incarcerated members of Native American tribes; undocumented immigrants families whose income is so low that they are not required to file a tax return individuals who would have to pay more than 8 percent of their income for insurance, after taking into account employer contribu...
1 priority: reducing veteran suicide rates, which remain disproportionately higher than those of the average population. “Improving the care that veterans are provided [and] ensuring that the sense of community care, belonging, all of that is important for our veterans,” she said. “A ...
In 2011, one million women were incarcerated or controlled by the Justice system, in which 68 percent of these women were black (Gross 32). Mass incarceration is a process of overfilling prisons with prisoners, who have committed minor and major crimes. The main targets were African Americans...
eligible voters has expanded from white, male property owners, to includeblack menafter the Civil War,womenafter 1920, and18- to 20-year-oldsafter 1971. In the 1800s, when the pool of eligible voters was far less diverse than it is today, voter turnout consistently exceeded 70 percent. ...
The NYPD conducted stop-and-frisks on more than 5 million people during the Bloomberg era. 86 percent of those detained by police were African American or Latinx. Of those searched for weapons and contraband, at least4.4 million were innocent. In 2011, the peak of the stop-and-frisk era ...
Islam is the most discriminated religious belief in the US. According to surveys, 82 percent of Americans believe that Muslims are discriminated against in the country, and 63 percent agree that believing in Islam would stifle opportunities for personal development in American society. Hate crimes ag...
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A veryrecent studyusing CDC data from 99% of the US population found that age-adjusted mortality rates are different across counties depending on if they are liberal or conservative. The age adjustment is important, because liberals are, in general, younger than conservatives. The research team ...
although that is still the dominant rhetoric. It’s heartening to hear frank, public discussions ofWHO is affectedby these ridiculous,restrictive laws, and how those of us with white or class or ableprivilegecan help people suffering fromracism, classism, ableism and transphobia. So while many...