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Number of Blacks Jailed for Drugs Declines

But number of white inmates increases

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 14, 2009 5:52 PM CDT

(Newser) – A profound shift may be under way in the racial makeup of the nation's prison population, the Washington Post reports. For the first time in 20 years, the number of blacks imprisoned for drug offenses is falling sharply while the number of whites is rising,...   Read full story »

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