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| Prison Population: 1,405,531 imprisoned in U.S. 163,965 impriosoned in California (June, 2001) Death Row: 638 people on Death Row (Feb, 2004) 39% White 35% Black 18% Hispanic 8% Other Did You Know... ...there have been 10 executions in California since 1976? ...in California, only 3 people have been released from Death Row since 1976? ...a study in Philadelphia found that for similar crimes commited by similar defendants, blacks received the death penalty at a 38% higher than all others? ( DPIC, 1998) ...The yearly salary for a prison guard with 6 years of exprience is higher than that of a starting associate professor at a University of California California Statistics: In the year 2000, there were: 625,964 prisoners admitted in the US 129,640 prisoners admitted in California (21% of US prisoners were admitted in California.) |
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Overall California Racial Population: 55.6% White 6.8% Black 25.1% Hispanic 8.9% Asian/Pacific Islander 3.5% Native American (January, 2001) California Racial Population In Prison: 29% White 31% Black 34.7% Hispanic 1% Asian 0.9% Native American 2.9% Other |
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