Wikipedia says 9.2% of African Americans are in prison. That should equate to an even higher number for African American men. 70% of prisoners are non-white. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States
Democrats have herded Blacks into inner city reservations, told them they are there because of racism and kept them voting Democrat for generations. Jessie Jackem'up and others like him have sued the Private Sector employers for billions and produced the situation where a Black employee is about the last thing anybody in business wants, thus helping to keep the Black vote count up there where the Democrats need it to be to survive: 95% Democrat! Listen to the Democrats when they talk to Blacks, they encourage them in hating Whites, they encourage them in being rebellious, in burning cities, etc.. The reason for the high incarceration rate is that welfare just doesn't pay enough, never can, never will, so incomes are subsidized by crime. Look at how close the elections are in recent history. If that Black vote fell to 50/50 it would be permanently over for Democrats. They will sell the entire economy down the drain to retain those Black votes and they are currently doing just that..
Note they say "are" incarcerated not "have been or currently" incarcerated. and to think white people are claimed to be the problem. Myself I think everyone in jail for a drug crime (only) should be released, it's stupid that I be supporting their a$$es.
Released? To do what? As it is now, eventually they are released. Then what? Nothing else to do. Half of the drug offenders have zip for job skills and the other half are mentally ill.
They will go back to selling drugs, of course. They might as well screw up some more lives before they have to go back to the hooscow. Unless they get lucky and someone like George Zimmerman blows them away. Personally, I think drug dealers should be put down - on the spot.