A new report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics gives us shocking news regarding jail deaths in the United States. Over 70% of those who die in prison aren’t even convicted of a crime.
That’s right. A vast majority of those who die in prison are innocent citizens who did nothing wrong. According to AllGov:
A report (pdf) by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) shows that 73% of those who die in jail haven’t been convicted of a crime. In addition, 29% of those who die are African-American, more than double their percentage of the U.S. population at large.
Studies have shown that black people are more likely to be held while awaiting trial, partly because they are assigned higher bail amounts, by thousands of dollars, than whites are. For that reason, African-Americans are more likely to be stuck in jail awaiting trial even for minor offenses.
BJS found that 31.3% of all jail deaths in 2012 were by suicide.
A real close look at prison justice is needed. Prison statistics in America are an embarrassment and we should be doing everything we can to remedy the broken prison system in America.
Source: AllGov
This article claims that 3/4 of jail deaths are by people who haven’t been convicted, and 31% of all jail deaths are suicide. That means almost HALF of of that 75% are suicides. Isn’t reasonable to think that maybe those people were actually guilty?
it’s the Bail system …lots of people are held awaiting trial because they cant afford a 500 dollar bail…
I have never heard so much horse c**p lies in a long time! I know this is propaganda. To the person that wrote this article YOU ARE LYING TO THR AMERICAN PEOPLE! It’s terrible when liberals put their spin on the Justice System that allows people to have peace at mind and live their life in peace!
Fkn $#%&!@*
29% of people who die in prison are black? Not a bad average when you consider that African Americans make up over 60% of inmates. Who do you think is doing the killing.
Typical bs piece thrown together to further someone’s agenda.
Truth and Action indeed.
My gues would have been people who had behavior that caused them to be arrested and locked up. I guess that not arresting people could cause them to not die in jail….
And who’s fault is it yr in pris on
agenda or not humanity demands this violence to end and its all done under govt. watch so whos agenda is it really
African Americans 29% but African Americans commit 55% of all violent crime. Looks like theyre getting off easy.
63% of all statistics are made up.