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New Study: Young Black Men Are Serving the Longest of Increasingly Longer Prison Sentences
Although criminal-justice reform has gotten a lot of airtime in the last few years—with some victories in dribs and drabs—a recent study found that the average amount of time served behind bars rose by about five years from 2000 to 2014. Not surprisingly, black men were serving the longest sentences. The Urban Institute released its…