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Number of young African American women in prison rises »

Nikki Jones, a sociologist from UC Santa Barbara and Meda Chesney Lind, University of Hawaii, and attendee of the conference, has studied the statistics of imprisoned black girls for over 10 years and explained, “we have never seen these kind of numbers before,” reports EthnoBlog.

So far, the cause for this epidemic has been attributed to national zero tolerance policies and a justice system that treats girls of color differently than white girls.

http://madamenoire.com/50225/numbers-of-young-african-american-women-in-prison-rise/

(Source: madamenoire.com, via fuckyeahfeminists)

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