> than in the U.S. (with 1.35% of the black population imprisoned) Interesting. My first thought was that your number was too low, but searching a little it s

> than in the U.S. (with 1.35% of the black population imprisoned) Interesting. My first thought was that your number was too low, but searching a little it seems you are right, with a couple caveats. The first caveat is that the number for black males is about twice that of the black population as a whole (ie, black females are rarely imprisoned). The second caveat, which is not one I've seen widely reported, is that the percentage of black males currently imprisoned has dropped sharply over recent years, from 3.5% in 2000 to 2.6% now. This article (with the charts from which I got the numbers) goes into possible reasons: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/12/15/a-mass-incarceration-mystery https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/12/15/a-mass-incarce...