Top 10 Reasons the War on Drugs is the New Jim Crow

2. Black men go to prison at a higher rate than whites for the same drug crimes

About half of all men in prison are there for drugs crimes. About 70% of all men in prison are black or Hispanic. According to one government study, “On December 31, 2014, black males had higher imprisonment rates than prisoners of other races or Hispanic origin within every age group. Imprisonment rates for black males were 3.8 to 10.5 times greater at each age group than white males and 1.4 to 3.1 times greater than rates for Hispanic males.”