A Goal of White Supremacy is the Greater Confinement of Non-Whites: New CRS Report Blames Failed Policies For 790% Jump in Federal Prison Population

ACLU

A new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) attributes staggering growth in the federal prison population over the last 30 years in part to failed sentencing and correctional policies. The ACLU, a longtime advocate for significantly decreasing the federal prison population, supports some of the report’s recommendations, but not all—including transferring prisoners to private prisons, which are not subject to public scrutiny and accountability. The ACLU released a report in 2011 on the successful efforts of several states to reduce their prison populations and reform our country’s broken criminal justice system.

“States are truly leading the charge on this and leaving the federal government behind,” said Vanita Gupta, ACLU Deputy Legal Director. “While states are making smart reforms to their own ineffective and costly criminal justice systems, the federal criminal justice system is more bloated than ever. If we are going to safely end our addiction to incarceration, the feds should draw inspiration from the states and push for data-driven criminal justice policies that will focus on public safety and reduce the number of people behind bars.”

According to the report, the increase is due largely to changes in federal sentencing and correctional policy, including mandatory minimum sentences and the elimination of federal parole. The result has been a “historically unprecedented” increase that has impacted hundreds of thousands of lives and cost billions of dollars:

• From 1980 to 2012, the federal prison population has ballooned from 25,000 to 219,000, a 790% increase.
• Population has increased by approximately 6,100 inmates each year since 1980. In the 50 years before that, the population increased by 12,000 total.
• From 2000 to 2011, appropriations for the Bureau of Prisons increased by more than $2.7 billion.

“This report details many reasons why we need criminal law reform in this country,” said Jesselyn McCurdy, ACLU Senior Legislative Counsel. “Some of the CRS recommendations, such as building more prisons or contracting with more private prisons, only serve as band-aid solutions to addressing the unsustainable federal prison population. Other proposals, such as reducing mandatory minimums, repealing redundant federal crimes, increasing good time credit and alternatives to prison are answers that will safely result in long term reductions.”

The Greater Confinement of Black Men is a Goal of White Supremacy: Racial Gap in Men's Sentencing

SentencingProject

Prison sentences of black men were nearly 20% longer than those of white men for similar crimes in recent years, an analysis by the U.S. Sentencing Commission found. That racial gap has widened since the Supreme Court restored judicial discretion in sentencing in 2005, according to the Sentencing Commission's findings, which were submitted to Congress last month and released publicly this week. In its report, the commission recommended that federal judges give sentencing guidelines more weight, and that appeals courts more closely scrutinize sentences that fall beyond them. According to reporter Joe Palazzolo, the commission, which is part of the judicial branch, was careful to avoid the implication of racism among federal judges, acknowledging that they "make sentencing decisions based on many legitimate considerations that are not or cannot be measured."

70 percent increase in ADHD among black children, study finds

TheGrio

Many parents lament over their children not following directions, lack of focus or inability to sit still.  These actions are often seen “out of control” and “bad” behavior.  However, it may be a sign of ADHD. According to a recent study by Getahun and colleagues published in JAMA Pediatrics, ADHD diagnoses are increasing among youth.

What is ADHD?

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder is the most common child disorder, which affects about 4.6 million American (eight percent) school aged children. ADHD is ‘a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity.” These symptoms should have begun before age seven, must be present for at least six months and cause problems in everyday functioning in at least two settings (e.g., school vs. home).

A recent study by Getahun and colleagues found a 70 percent increase in the number of ADHD diagnoses among African-American children, with a 90 percent increase among African-American girls. This is compared to smaller increases in other groups — 60 percent among Hispanic youth and 30 percent among white youth. Dr. Richard Gallagher of the Institute for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Behavior Disorders at NYU Child Study Center cautions to not be alarmed that there has been a huge jump in the use of the diagnosis of ADHD. In fact, several studies show youth of color have previously been under-diagnosed for ADHD.

How does ADHD affect children?

Children with untreated ADHD are more likely to have problems in school because they are easily distracted and have difficulty learning. Untreated ADHD also impacts social relationships because children with ADHD often don’t get along well with others. An additional consequence of untreated ADHD is an increase in physical injuries due to hyperactivity and disruptive outbursts.

The Getahun study was conducted using medical records from almost 850,000 children ages 5 to 11 years. It was the first of its kind to sample such a large number of children using very strict criteria. But the study wasn’t able to examine why the increase in ADHD diagnoses are occurring. There are several possible explanations for the increase.

Gallagher finds that “African-American parents are obtaining more knowledge of the symptoms of ADHD and are encountering practitioners that are being more careful in discussing the symptoms and the treatments with them.”  This encourages more parents to get ADHD evaluations for their children.

Gallagher also mentions that the tools used to test for ADHD have become better at identifying different types of ADHD, which might explain the increase.

However, some experts, like Dr. Elissa Brown, Executive Director of the Child HELP Partnership, have noticed that many children who have experienced trauma — violence, physical abuse and the like — are initially misdiagnosed as having ADHD. In these cases, PTSD symptoms can be misperceived as ADHD symptoms, Brown says.

Unfortunately there is much debate but very little is known about the reasons for the increase in ADHD diagnoses.

What is known is that increases in ADHD diagnoses among African-American youth without treatment could have consequences for those communities.

Consequences of untreated ADHD among African American children

Youth with untreated ADHD are more likely to drop out of school, abuse drugs and become engaged in delinquent activity, which may lead to incarceration.  African-American youth are already at higher risk for these problems, thus those with ADHD are at an increased risk for the negative consequences of those behaviors.

ADHD is usually more prevalent among boys compared to girls, 11 percent compared to 5 percent. However, the Getahun study shows that this gender gap is closing for African-American children.

Researchers that have looked at gender differences found that girls with untreated ADHD are often more likely than boys to have low self-esteem, forget things easily, be disorganized and become involved with promiscuity or acting out sexually.

Many youth with untreated ADHD continue to have symptoms as adults where they are less likely to manage jobs and household responsibilities, have challenges parenting and experience high levels of stress that may place them at risk for physical health problems.

These concerns taken together highlight the severe consequences of not properly identifying and treating ADHD for individuals and within the African-American community at large.

What needs to be done about ADHD among African-American children?

Experts are not certain of the cause of ADHD in general. So what can be done?

Screening children for ADHD is an important step in addressing the problem. Dr. Deidre Anglin, licensed clinical psychologist recommends: “get a comprehensive psychological evaluation if ADHD is suspected to rule out other competing explanations for your child’s behavior such as anxiety, or other learning disorders.”

If the child is diagnosed, there are very effective treatments to help parents and children deal with the challenges they experience from ADHD.  These treatments include: teaching behavior strategies to help deal with symptoms of ADHD, providing approaches for parents and children to structure the home and school environment, as well as prescribing medication.

It’s important for parents, school personnel and community leaders not to dismiss a child’s behavior as simply “troublesome” or “something they will grow out of.”

Here are some steps for getting help if you are concerned a child has ADHD:

• Begin taking notes about the behaviors of concern. Identify when you noticed the behaviors starting and how long they have been occurring.
• Talk to a trusted health provider about your concerns about the child’s behavior. 
• Utilize the web for available resources, like the Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder organization, to learn more about the symptoms and treatment options for ADHD. 
• Dealing with a child who has ADHD can be stressful.  It’s important to get support from others, including other families with children who have ADHD.

Dr. Scyatta A. Wallace is an award winning Psychologist/Teen Expert, Associate Professor of Psychology and Founder of Janisaw Company. Dr. Wallace’s work focuses on health issues impacting youth and families. 

from the Spring 2013 Beretta Catalogue: Endangered Species (white people)

White People & Numerical Inadequacy. 90% of the world is non-white and the white population is declining.

Cress Welsing: "The Color-Confrontation theory further postulates that whites are vulnerable to their sense of numerical inadequacy. This inadequacy is apparent in their drive to divide the vast majority of non-whites into fractional, as well as frictional, minorities. This is viewed as a funda­mental behavioral response of whites to their own minority status. The white "race" has structured and manipulated their own thought processes and conceptual patterns, as well as those of the entire non-white world majority, so that the real numerical minority (whites) illusionally feels and represents itself as the world's majority, while the true numerical majority (non-whites) illusionally feels and views itself as the minority. Interest­ingly, the white collective, whenever discussing the question of color, never discusses any of its own particular ethnic groups as minorities, but constantly focuses on the various ethnic, language and religious groups of non-white peoples as minorities. Then great efforts are made to initiate conflict between these arbitrary groups. This is one of the key methods by which a minority can remain in power. The "divide, frictionalize and conquer" pattern, observable throughout history wherever non-whites are confronted by whites, results primarily from whites' sense of color deficiency and secondarily from their sense of numerical inadequacy. This pattern, then, is a compensatory adjustment to permit psychological comfort through dominance and control." [MORE] 

People who classify themselves as White, who wish to be taken seriously, and who are righteous and responsible, will only talk about ending White Supremacy (Racism) and replacing it with Justice. [MORE]

From the Winter 2012 JL Powell Catalogue

White House Releases Picture of Scary Black Man (Obama) with a Gun: (fear of a Black planet) "Whither goest thou white man?"

The Guns & Dogs are for You. From [HERE] Does Obama personally know anything about guns? Has he ever even fired one? That’s what some people were asking (gun ownership is 89% white, most likely white people were the only ones inquiring). So, on Friday the White House released a picture of the POTUS in the act of firing one. In a recent interview with the New Republic, Mr. Obama revealed that had used a gun at the Camp David presidential retreat.

“We do skeet shooting all the time,” the president said. “Not the girls, but oftentimes guests of mine go up there.”  The White House caption accompanying the photo by Pete Souza, the official White House photographer, notes: “President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012.”

Numerical Inadequacy. Michael Moore - “I think we’re [white people] a very frightened people,” [MORE] The world is 90% non-white and the white population is declining.

According to Cress Welsing: "this global white collective maintains a different appearance from the rest of humankind, and they dislike this difference. Therefore, they tan and use makeup. They remain a minority of the world's people, surrounded globally by a black, brown, red and yellow global majority. The white global collective remains genetically recessive to the black, brown, red and yellow global majority and lives each day and each minute of every hour in the continuous fear of white annihilation by the global majority of genetic dominants.

This fundamen­tal fear of albino isolation, abandonment and genetic annihilation, is at the core of Western civilization - a civilization structured to ensure white genetic survival. This survival plan necessitates the subjugation and control of all non-white peoples. I define this subjugation and control as the white supremacy system."

"It is this same anxiety that causes Western civilization's preoccupation with weapons, spending more money on armaments than on any other single budgetary item. These weapons surround all of the world's non-white peoples. The whites hope that the weapons will prevent white genetic annihilation and thereby ensure white genetic survival, but then whites hold the pervasive attendant fear that they will be destroyed in the conflagration also." [MORE]

According to Dr. Blynd: Caucasian -- "The incredible shrinking race; fiend without a face." - Chuck D, Public Enemy. 2) the complexion with the Good-Ole-Boy-Yurugu-Network connection (the GOBYN), not to be confused with OB_GYN). 3) one whose worst and most basic fear still remains genetic annihilation in the form of the fear of the impending "Black Planet." Whither goest thou white man? (See: Weiteko Disease, Yurungu, Western Civilization, Recessive Genes, Colored People, Melanin & Mutant). [MORE]

People who classify themselves as White, who wish to be taken seriously, and who are righteous and responsible, will only talk about ending White Supremacy (Racism) and replacing it with Justice. [MORE]

Nazi-Style Biometric ID Cards Proposed for Non-Whites in Senate: "If you look like you might be undocumented, are police going to expect to see your card on the street?"

From [HERE] If one part of some lawmakers' plan for comprehensive immigration reform goes through, Social Security cards could soon come with a fingerprint. Racist suspect Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Thursday that their Senate framework for immigration reform, recently endorsed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), could require biometric information to check employment status.

Biometrics proposals have been floated for years as one solution to the vexing problem of how to prove workers are who they say they are. The ID card industry sees the potential for billions of dollars of business if immigration reform leads to biometric requirements. Privacy advocates, however, worry the new proposals could in essence create a national ID -- and lead to a spate of Arizona-style "show-me-your-papers" laws.

Civil liberties advocates, however, caution that linking biometric identifiers to Social Security cards would inevitably create momentum toward a national ID card.

"Once you have a physical card, people are going to start asking for it," said Chris Calabrese, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. "If you look like you might be undocumented, are police going to expect to see your card on the street? We've seen these kinds of status checks in places like Arizona in the past" - and in Nazi Germany -bw [MORE] . 

Attention to all Brown Persons:

In Nazi Germany , the Nazis created an elaborate system of identifying Jewish people that included personal Jew identification cards, passports marked with a J, assignment of names and the outward marking of persons with a yellow star. 

According to Raul Hilberg: "the whole identification system, with its personal documents, specially assigned names, and conspicuous tagging in public, was a powerful weapon in the hands of the police.

First, the system was an auxiliary device that facilitated the enforcement of residence and movement restrictions.

Second, it was an independent control measure in that it enabled the police to pick up any Jew, anywhere, anytime.

Third, and perhaps most important, identification had a paralyzing effect on its victims. The system induced the Jews to be even more docile, more responsive to command than before. The wearer of the star was exposed; he thought that all eyes were fixed upon him. It was as though the whole population had become a police force, watching him and guarding his actions. No Jew, under those conditions, could resist, escape, or hide without first ridding himself of the conspicuous tag, the revealing middle name, the telltale ration card, passport, and identification papers. Yet the riddance of these burdens was dangerous, for the victim could be recognized and denounced. Few Jews took the chance. The vast majority wore the star and, wearing it, were lost." (11) [MORE] 

What will White Folks do next with their guns? Wisconsin Gun Club Seeks to Host Annual Gun Show @ Local Elementary School

Gun Ownership is 89% white [MORE] 90% of the world is non-white. [MORE] and [MORE] and [MORE]  Racism is a strategy for white genetic survival. [MORE] (like their KFC Gameday Bucket, white terrorists make school go boom!) [MORE] 

From [HERE] A small Wisconsin town school board will vote Monday night on whether or not to grant the Indianhead Rifle and Pistol Club access to the local elementary school this April for its annual gun show.

Spooner Elementary School has hosted the show without much objection for the last two decades. But less than a month after the mass shooting at Newtown elementary school that claimed the lives of 20 first graders and 7 others, some community members are raising objections to the idea of welcoming hundreds of guns and gun owners into a public elementary school. Tim Brabec, a member of the club and organizer of their annual gun show, told ThinkProgress that the decision to use the elementary school is one of convenience.

“Who doesn’t have sympathy with the families in [Connecticut]?” said Brabec when asked about whether the visual of a gun show at an elementary school was appropriate so soon after the deadly shooting in Newtown. “But we don’t associate one with the other. We don’t go there for the shock value.”

Shock was but one reaction to the news that the town was considering granting the show permission to use the school. “I do not agree with it at all,” said one commenter online. “I was shocked to hear about it last year, and can’t believe they would even consider it this year after the shooting in CT.”

Also a point of contention is that the Indianhead Rifle and Pistol Club stands to make a handsome profit off of the sale of guns at this event by exploiting the gun show loophole that has become one focal point of the renewed debate over gun control.

“Gun Shows are a major opportunity for people who would fail the background check to obtain their guns,” argued another commenter. “Do we really think a school has any business (even thought it is a source of income for them) offering the public buildings for this possible loophole?”

State law forbids people from bringing guns within 1000 feet of public schools, but it does make exceptions for guns shows by licensed gun manufacturers and dealers.

Brabec said that he expects a close vote at tonight’s meeting, with three board members opposed to the show, three who support it and one undecided in his estimation.  In above photos, attire for "hunters" from Cabelas, the 4-1 Women's Parka $129.00 and Youth Coveralls $139.00  - b/c you never know when the race war will begin. Top photo is from Wonkette. Bottom photo is from the latest JL Powell catalogue - they are having an "endangered species sale." [HERE]

The System of White Supremacy Requires a Substantial Number of Non-Whites to be Incarcerated

White genetic survival is the dynamic behind the high incarceration rate of Black males in the U.S. It contributes in genocidal fashion to the prevention of Black births and the Black male-supported development of all Black children, particularly boys. [MORE] "Don't Expect Justice in American Courts" - Malcolm X [mp3]   More than 60% of the people in prison are now racial and ethnic minorities. For Black males in their thirties, 1 in every 10 is in prison or jail on any given day. These trends have been intensified by the disproportionate impact of the "war on drugs," in which two-thirds of all persons in prison for drug offenses are people of color. [MORE]  TOTAL CORRECTIONS POPULATION (2010, except a 2009, b 2011)
Total Incarcerated, Prison and Jail	2,253,705
Prison Population	1,518,104
Jail Population	735,601b
Prison Incarceration Rate (per 100,000)	497
Jail Incarceration Rate (per 100,000)	236b
Probation Population	4,055,514
Parole Population	840,676
Life Sentences (% of Prison Population)	140,610 (9.5%)
Life without Parole (% of Prison Population)	41,095 (N/A)a
Juveniles Serving Life without Parole	2,646b

GENDER-SPECIFIC IMPRISONMENT (2010)
Males in Prison	1,438,602
Females in Prison	104,604

RACE/ETHNICITY-SPECIFIC IMPRISONMENT (2005)
White Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000)	412
Black Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000)	2,290
Hispanic Imprisonment Rate (per 100,000)	742

RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITY IN INCARCERATION (2005)
Black: White Ratio	5.6:1
Hispanic: White Ratio	1.8:1

JUVENILES IN CUSTODY (2010)
Total Juveniles In Custody	70,792
Juvenile Custody Rate (per 100,000)	225
Committed	48,427
Detained	20,579
Diverted	1,735

FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT (2010)
Disenfranchised Population (% of State Population)	5,852,180 (2.5%)
Disenfranchised African Americans (%)	2,231,022 (7.7%)
Disenfranchised in Prison and Jail	1,468,072
Disenfranchised on Parole	524,092
Disenfranchised on Probation	1,233,412
Disenfranchised Post-Sentence	2,626,604

STATE CORRECTIONS EXPENDITURES (In Millions) (2010) $51,053

Michael Moore: White People's Fear of Non-Whites (Fear of Genetic Annihilation) Drives Desire to own guns

From [HERE] Friday night, on the heels of last week’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., the left-leaning Current TV is planning to air progressive filmmaker Michael Moore’s ten-year-old Columbine documentary “Bowling for Columbine,” with Moore revisiting the film to accuse American gun-owners of being motivated by racial fears.

Gun ownership, Moore said, “cuts down to the heart of our race problem that we still haven’t resolved.”

“I think we’re a very frightened people,” Moore said. “I think we’ve been frightened ever since we landed on these shores. We were frightened of the native people.; we were frightened of the slaves we brought over, as we should have been. And those in power have known how to manipulate us with fear. And we’ve started wars over being told lies about, you know — whether it was in the Spanish-American War, the Mexican-American War. You can go through so many of these wars we’ve been in throughout history — right up through the Iraq War — where we’re just lied to because those in power knew if they just put enough fear out there. And the best kind of fear is the one that has the kernel of truth, so you have 9/11 happened — that’s a real incident, nearly 3,000 people lose their lives. Very easy at that point to use that fact in a way to tell a fiction.”

But according to Moore, it’s that fear that causes Americans want to own gun, which he tied to race by explaining high levels of citizen gun ownership exist “in suburbs and rural areas.”

“And I was fascinated in that subject when making ‘Bowling for Columbine,’ of how fear is used to the point where everybody feels like they’ve got to have a gun in the house. Now, not every house has a gun but we’ve got over a quarter-billion guns in people’s homes. And they’re mostly in the suburbs and rural areas where there is virtually no crime and no murder. So why is that? What are they really afraid of? What do they think of — who’s going to break into the house? Do they think it’s little freckled-face Jimmy down the street? I don’t think so. I don’t think that’s who they’re afraid of. And it cuts down to the heart of our race problem that we still haven’t resolved. And I thought it would be interesting to take a look at that in the movie.”