Chapter 327. Exercise APA 2-2

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Incarceration has become a prominent American institution with substantial collateral consequences for families and communities, particularly among the most disadvantaged. . . . Simply stated, incarceration in America is concentrated among African American men. While 1 in every 87 white males ages 18 to 64 is incarcerated and the number for similarly-aged Hispanic males is 1 in 36, for black men it is 1 in 12. Moreover, . . . incarceration has implications for individual employment earnings and long-term economic mobility that are collectively amplified for minority communities, often already at a disadvantage in terms of broader financial well-being.

Other disparities surface when education is considered. In particular, those without a high school diploma or GED are far more likely to be locked up than others. While 1 in 57 white men ages 20 to 34 is incarcerated, the rate is 1 in 8 for white men of the same age group who lack a high school diploma or GED.

Black men, in particular, face enormously dim prospects when they fail to complete high school. More than one-third (37 percent) of black male dropouts between the ages of 20 and 34 are currently behind bars—three times the rate for whites in the same category. . . . This exceeds the share of young black male dropouts who have a job (26 percent). Thus, as adults in their twenties and early thirties, when they should be launching careers, black men without a high school diploma are more likely to be found in a cell than in the workplace.

The data about incarceration in America show that for many men growing up in the post-civil-rights era, prison looms as an increasingly predictable destination.

From Pew Charitable Trusts. (2010). Collateral costs: Incarceration’s effect on economic mobility. Retrieved from http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media /legacy/uploadedfiles/pcs_assets/2010/collateralcosts1pdf.pdf

[The source passage is from pages 6 and 8; the second paragraph ends on page 6 and the third paragraph begins on page 8.]
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