A recent study indicates that the incarceration rate of Black Americans has significantly declined, largely attributed to reduced impacts of the drug war. In contrast, incarceration rates for white Americans without college education have sharply increased, more than doubling since 1984. This shift highlights a troubling trend where educational inequality is now a greater factor than racial inequality in imprisonment. The findings suggest that while economic prospects for Black Americans have improved, those for similarly positioned white Americans have deteriorated, reflecting broader trends in social mobility and life expectancy.
The good news is that there have been absolute declines in the rate of imprisonment among Black Americans both with and without a college education.
The bad news is that some of the decline in racial inequality is driven by increases in the prison admission rate of white Americans with no college education.
The economic prospects of Black Americans born poor have improved, while the economic prospects of white Americans born poor have worsened.
It's striking that our results mirror trends in life expectancy and intergenerational mobility.
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