Operations of the Judicial System
ENG 122
July 22, 2013

Introduction: This paper is going to give a good insight into how American prisons have a disparity toward the minority population. Is this trend due to a higher rate of minority crimes or the manner in which the judicial system operates? The Judicial System has a major affect about the way they look at Minorities and the crimes that they commit, but is the Judicial System just being racist about the differences if they commit a crime and if Americans commit them. The real question is what is the difference and why are our prisons having a disparity of minority inmates. American prisons have a disparity of minority inmate population. Because the high rate of inmates, all individuals can commit the same crimes, and is this trend due to a higher rate of minority crimes or the manner in which the judicial system operates. They say that minorities get treated differently because of the color of their skin and that can be true. They also say that the judicial system also treats those with different back grounds and different colored skin differently than Americans. Where does this come from? You still hear it in today’s society where an African American will get in trouble and all they have to say about it is that you are only doing this because I am black. The judicial system has a hard job to do when it comes determining punishments for crimes for crimes that are committed and putting individuals in prison for serious crimes they do commit. There are some points that make this to seem true, but that is why I am writing to make this sort it’s self out. There are many different types of minorities which include the following: Black, Indian, and Asian. For starters I will talk about African Americans. African Americans are often looked down upon by most people because some of the crimes that may be committed. Some of them would commit crimes that most would not do such as robbery and murder and some of them get blamed for these that did not do it. In today’s society African Americans I feel never let the slavery thing go and blame everyone for that. According to the Judicial System they seem to think that one out of three African Americans can be expected to go to prison. They seem to think that black individuals seem to be what makes up our prisons by the fact that was made. I do not quite get why blacks are targeted more than white individuals, but they are which is why the judicial system looks down on African Americans. Everyone should be equal, but some feel that other get treated differently than others. When thinking about Indian American you think to yourself why are they considered minority? Being Indian American, they see different things happen, such as murder, when they are at a young age. Most Indian Americans are often murdered by another Indian American. Indian Americans are considered as a part of a certain tribe. There are tons of tribes around and some tribes may not get along with other tribes which causes different types of crimes to happen. When thinking about Asian American and crime you think that most would be part of a gang or their own little click. Most Asian American get involved with crime at a young age because some of them get linked in to a gang. Most Asian Americans get depressed, and sometime angry when they are adjusting to living in the United States. This is because they do not speak the English language and they do not have a much job skills as other that live in America, which sometime leads to violent crimes. The police departments tend to bring Asian Americans in to the force because they know the language, which causes big problems with racial profiling. There are many of different crimes that are being caused on a daily basis. Some are as followed: 1. Murder 2. Robbery 3. Assault 4. Kidnapping 5. Car theft 6. Rape
When you think about these specific crime what would you think would happen to an individual if they were to commit such crimes? Individuals that commit these crime spend 10 to life in prison for committing these crime. This is why the population is so high in the prisons with the minority groups because there are some statistics about minorities and crimes.
The number of sentenced prisoners under state or federal jurisdiction per 100,000 U.S. residents, by gender, race, Hispanic origin. (U.S Department Of Justice, 2009)

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