Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay. Did you know that the incarceration rate for Native Americans is 38% higher than the national average? Racism and profiling lead to more arrests, harsher sentencing, and more abuse in the prison system for Native Americans.
Native Americans are arrested two times more often than non-indigenous people for property and violent crimes. Statistics also show that Native Americans receive longer sentences from judges and spend more time in prison before parole.
Native Americans have a higher rate of suicide in prison and are often subject to abuse when attempting to identify with their cultures through clothing, language, music, and culturally-related educational material.
Native Americans are at least two times more likely to become victims of violence and sexual assault when compared to all other races. 57% of violent crimes and 80% of sexual assaults committed against Native Americans were perpetrated by white people.
As has been repeatedly shown over the years, the criminal legal system prioritizes white crime victims while disproportionately targeting and punishing non-white people accused of crimes.
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