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I was involved in an organization that helped inmates. It was an eye-opening experience. A lot of the younger blacks are there because they want to be there: it
by octopoc 2y ago
I was involved in an organization that helped inmates. It was an eye-opening experience. A lot of the younger blacks are there because they want to be there: it's where all the cool people are. So they deliberately try to get into prison. The current system is working just fine for them. Not for all blacks of course, but that seemed to be the trend. This was a medium-security state prison. The story for whites was almost universally a variant of "I don't care if the law is fair, once I'm out of here I'm going to do everything to stay out of here."
- kjkjadksj 2y agoI imagine that has to do with how welcoming the prison gangs are for the respective races. The most common white gang in prison is the aryan brotherhood and I’m guessing they are probably a pain in the ass to everyone not putting a swastika on their hand.
- octopoc 2y agoThey're not very widespread though. I don't think they had a presence at my prison. I don't think there were any other white gangs there. The mix was about 50% white / 50% black. Didn't see many Hispanics.
- Bluestein 2y ago> A lot of the younger blacks are there because they want to be there: it's where all the cool people are. That is insane ...