African Americans in NYC imprisoned five times rate of whites (pdf)

African Americans in NYC imprisoned five times rate of whites.

Groundbreaking Study Examines Drug Imprisonment in 198 Counties; 97 Percent Experienced Racial Disparities
WASHINGTON—A new report released today by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) finds that 97 percent of the nation’s large-population counties imprisoned African Americans at a higher rate than whites. The report documents racial disparities in the use of prison for drug offenses in 193 of the 198 counties that reported to government entities.

“The Vortex: The Concentrated Racial Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties,” found that counties with higher poverty rates, larger African-American populations and larger police or judicial budgets imprison people for drug offenses at higher rates than counties without these characteristics. These relationships were found to be independent of whether the county actually had a higher rate of crime. (The findings for the 198 counties.)
http://www.justicepolicy.org/content.php?hmID=1811&smID=1581&ssmID=69#a281

"African Americans in New York City are admitted to prison for drug offenses at five times the rate of whites."
http://juliel.mm-tools.us/justicepolicyinstitute/images/upload/NY-New-York-City.pdf