Report Finds Drug Free Zones Increase Disproportionate Incarceration of Minorities
The Justice Police Institute released a report on drug free zones that shows how these zones exceedingly punish non-whites and produce massive racial discrepancies in prisons. In New Jersey, for example, 96 percent of all those imprisoned under drug free zone laws are Latino or African American, while those ethnic groups only make up 27% of the state's population. Connecticut and Massachusetts had similar incarceration breakdowns. This article discusses some implications of the report.