Racial inequality over long US prison sentences growing, report finds | US prisons
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 21, 2022
The gap between Black and white Americans serving time in state prison for long prison sentences is growing, a new analysis of state data shows.
Between 2005 and 2019, the share of Black Americans newly sentenced to state prison for more than 10 years grew from about 13% in 2005 to 19% in 2019. By comparison, during that same period, white Americans taken to state prison for long sentences grew from about 12% to 15%, according to a new 
