"Richmond We have a Problem": Not enough room for black men
Well it may sound cliche, but Richmond has too many black men. Yes, too many black men who are incarcerated. While Richmond is not the only urban hub that seems to be conspiring to dispense of black men disproportionately through incarceration at 7.16 inmates per 1,000 it is number 1 on a top 10 list that include mega-hubs like Los Angeles County (2.01); New York City (1.64); Polk County, Fla. (4.23), population 562,000; and Maricopa County, Ariz. (2.34), It's closest rival is Baltimore at 6.58. Blacks are sent to prison at higher rates than whites after convictions in drug cases --Justice Policy Institute As Richmond is midst of developing plans for a prison new facility that will hold 500 to600 inmates, it seems perplexing to find the demand for the black and poor to be placed behind walls so fashionable in the 21st century. Recently a team of consultants came from the National Institute of Corrections to help assess the feasibility and the alternatives for making sure that there