Iowa Ranks No. 1 in Imprisoning Blacks

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	Iowa Ranks No. 1 in Imprisoning Blacks

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7-19-2007 10:02 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6f62e91f-8b65-4f84-a081-1491af3011e2/027549DE-4826-480C-9044-63471E045BE2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/NEWS10/707180396/1001&lead=1" href="http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/NEWS10/707180396/1001&lead=1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dmregister.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/NEWS10/707180396/1001&lead=1">A national study released today ranks Iowa No. 1 in the nation in the ratio of 
blacks to whites in prison - a statistic that many advocates say underscores a 
failure to address one of the state's most serious problems.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/NEWS10/707180396/1001&lead=1">The study by the Washington, D.C.-based Sentencing Project found Iowa 
incarcerates blacks at a rate 13.6 times that for whites - more than double the 
national average. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/NEWS10/707180396/1001&lead=1">The study by the criminal justice advocacy and research group recommended 
several remedies for all states, including drug sentencing reform, more judicial 
discretion in sentencing and better standards for indigent defense.<BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/NEWS10/707180396/1001&lead=1">Reps. Ako Abdul-Samad and Wayne Ford, two of the state's four black lawmakers, 
called for all Iowans to work together on the issue and for the Legislature to 
make the disproportion a top priority in 2008.<BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/NEWS10/707180396/1001&lead=1">Just 2.3 percent of Iowa's population is black, with the highest concentrations 
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