Chapter 8 of Corrections: the Fundamentals discusses race andimprisonment. One f

Chapter 8 of Corrections: the Fundamentals discusses race andimprisonment. One fact that should be readily apparent to you isthat blacks and Hispanics are disproportionately represented in theprison population. According to the text the incarcerationrates (number of people incarcerated per 100000 of population) areas follows:White: 450Hispanic: 1176Black: 3437Many people find these figures disturbing. What is yourreaction to them? Is the system racist? If there is aproblem in our society what is it and how can we best resolveit?Next look at these links which list the percentage of children insingle parent homes and percentage of children living in povertyboth by race and state. Is there a connection between thesefigures and the incarceration rates? If so what is the connectionand what if anything should we as a nation try to do aboutit?http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/acrossstates/Rankings.aspx?ind=107http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/acrossstates/Rankings.aspx?ind=44