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OPINION: High Black incarceration rates in Kansas are only part of a nationwide problem

OPINION: High Black incarceration rates in Kansas are only part of a nationwide problem

Yara Salamed
November 9, 2021

A new report released in “Color of Justice: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in State Prisons” revealed that Black Kansas residents are six times more likely to be imprisoned than white residents.  About 1 in 60 Black residents are locked away, in comparison to 1 in 377...

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