America ranks as the world's #1 incarcerator...and one in 9 black men my age are LOCKED UP

And no surprise, black men lead as the highest percentage of incarcerated individuals...what is surprising is that Texas and Kansas have acted to slow their rate of incarceration (and it is not via executions).

Read this article for yourself, educate yourself about the ills of our society and then try to make some change...even if it is just staying out of jail your damn self!

This paragraph almost made me cry "Four states - Vermont, Michigan, Oregon and Connecticut - spend more on corrections than on higher education, the report said."

"For some groups, the incarceration numbers are especially startling," the report said.

"While one in 30 men between the ages of 20 and 34 is behind bars, for black males in that age group the figure is one in nine."

The racial disparity for women is also stark. One in 355 white women ages 35 to 39 is behind bars, compared with one in 100 black women in that age group.

I hope she serves time

So if anyone has even read my blog for a decent amount of time or my newspaper articles you would know that I do not have the greatest opinion of Paris Hilton. So I must admit I was a bit giddy when I found out that she had been sentenced to 45 days in jail...feels like it was about time.

I love that people are trying to get the governor to grant her a pardon from a FORTY-FIVE day sentence? Really? She is going to separated from the general population of prisoners and she blatantly violated the terms of her probation...she is lucky. She got a DUI, then violates the probation by going 45 over the speed limit with headlights OFF?

You can take a guess as to which of the rival petitions I will support.


By the way anyone who seriously signs a free Paris petition should have their internet privileges revoked for at least 45 days!