US Black over-incarceration is unremarkable by global subordinate standards

Evidence

Furthermore, it is widely recognized that the United States imprisons a disproportionately large share of its Black citizens. For example, the Tournier (1999) OECD analyses disclosed that African Americans were imprisoned at nearly four times the rate of the American population as a whole. More interestingly, however, this degree of overrepresentation of Black prisoners was no greater than (in fact, it was even slightly lower than) the average degree to which migrants (i.e., subordinates in the European context) were overrepresented in the prisons of OECD nations. Inspection of the average imprisonment rates across the fifteen OECD polities disclosed that the average degree to which subordinates were imprisoned compared to their proportion in the total population was 5.13, while the degree to which African Americans were overrepresented in American prison cells was only 3.91. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 63 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The global prison economy is indisputably dominated by the United States. This economy not only consists of the products, services, and ideas that are directly marketed to other governments, but it also exercises an enormous influence over the development of the style of state punishment throughout the world. One dramatic example can be seen in the opposition to Turkey’s attempts to transform its prisons. — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 267 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: US Black imprisonment overrepresentation is lower than OECD migrant overrepresentation averages.; American Black prison overrepresentation actually lags the average subordinate-rate across OECD — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 63; The United States dominates a global prison economy and punishment style — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 267 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• American Black prison overrepresentation actually lags the average subordinate-rate across OECD #corroborates (0.97) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 63
• The United States dominates a global prison economy and punishment style #complicates (0.75) — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 267