Causes of the Prison Boom in the US

Causes of the Prison Boom in the US

1 . Reasons provided in the film for Prison boom beginning in the 1970 ‘s

Incarceration involves jails terms confinements of people . Prison boom is the trend in incarceration rates that have doubled more than the past years . This is because since rise of drug war and explosion of prison large population due to discretion within it’s system allowing the arrest and prosecution of people of color which has alarmingly higher rates than that of whites which is the new criminal penalties according to Jim Crow ,black people being more targeted at arrests and prosecution .The prison population had drastically increased since end of black movement…