From Rod Sullivan's blog, Sullivan's Salvos back in January of this year:
"I just finished reading “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander. This book should be required reading in Johnson County. Why Johnson County? Because despite our “liberal” credentials, we incarcerate African Americans at the HIGHEST rate in Iowa!
Johnson County is about 85% white, and 6% African American. Yet we incarcerate African Americans at several times the rate of whites. Juvenile Court involvement occurs at a rate of NINE times the rate of whites. How can we possibly accept these disparities?"
But he supports a new jail that some would argue, compounds what Sullivan was claiming just this last January?
Can Sullivan have it both ways?
Johnson County is about 85% white, and 6% African American. Yet we incarcerate African Americans at several times the rate of whites. Juvenile Court involvement occurs at a rate of NINE times the rate of whites. How can we possibly accept these disparities?"
But he supports a new jail that some would argue, compounds what Sullivan was claiming just this last January?
Can Sullivan have it both ways?
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