Prison Versus Education: NAACP Report Spotlights Spending, Population Ratios
The NAACP's "Misplaced Priorities" LA County data map
Today the NAACP released a report called "Misplaced Priorities," which "examines America's escalating levels of prison spending and its impact on state budgets and our nation’s children." Among the six cities explored in the report is Los Angeles, where "more than a billion taxpayer dollars are spent every year to incarcerate people from Los Angeles neighborhoods where less than 20 percent of Los Angeles residents live."
One of the focal points of the report is the contrast between the education system and the prison
