Close But No Cigar: President Biden’s Order On Private Prisons Is Great, But More Needs To Be Done To Address Racial Disparities In The Justice System

Blacks and Latinos represent only about 30% of the U. S. population, yet the two racial groups comprise almost 60% of the U. S. incarcerated population, and President Biden's recent executive order on private prisons, alone, will do little to address the disparity.