USA: Punishment and Prejudice: Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs

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Human Rights Watch
Date:
1 May 2000

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Title

USA: Punishment and Prejudice: Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs

Document source

Human Rights Watch

Date

1 May 2000

Document number

G1202

Document type

Country Reports

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Collection

Research & Reports

Country

United States of America (the)

Keywords

Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity

Racial / Ethnic persecution

Comments:

The U.S. war on drugs has been waged overwhelmingly against black Americans, Human Rights Watch charged in a new report released today. In ten states, black men are sent to prison on drug charges at 27 to 57 times the rate of white men. Human Rights Watch calls for changes in drug control strategies to minimize their racially disproportionate impact and to reduce the over incarceration of nonviolent offenders.

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