-Caveat Lector- A REPORT RELEASED by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice's Justice Policy Institute scores former President Bill Clinton for a "prison legacy... more punitive than those of former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush combined." The report finds that during former President Clinton's first-term 148,000 more state and federal prisoners were added than during President Reagan's first term, and 34,000 more than were added during President George Bush's four-year term. The study also showed that the incarceration rate of African Americans continued to rise substantially under Clinton. In other findings, the study reports: In total, 673,000 inmates were added to state and federal prisons and jail during President Bill Clinton's two terms in office, compared with 343,000 under Bush and 448,000 under Reagan. For African-Americans, the incarceration rate continued to increase by an average rate of 100 per 100,000 per year during the Clinton years. This comes on top of an already rapid increasing incarceration rate during the previous 12 years. Between 1980 and 1999, the incarceration rate for African Americans more than tripled from 1,156 per 100,000, to 3,620 per 100,000 -- nearly nine times the rate for all US citizens. Under President Bill Clinton's eight years, the number of prisoners under federal jurisdiction doubled (from 80,259 to 147,126), and grew more than it had under the previous twelve years of Republican rule. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
