Group Says It Reported Incorrect Prison Rates For Blacks, Whites A Washington-based advocacy group reported last December that Forsyth County led the nation's largest counties in having the widest disparity in the rate at which blacks and whites go to prison on drug-related charges. The disparity remains, with more blacks going to prison on drug charges than whites, but the national disparity isn't as wide as originally reported by the Justice Policy Institute. And it also turns out that Forsyth County does not have the widest disparity in the nation. [continues 444 words]
Black-White Disparity Found A new study that compares the nation's largest counties puts Forsyth County at the top of its list as having the widest disparity between blacks and whites going to prison on drug charges. The study, released today, was done by the Justice Policy Institute, a research and advocacy group in Washington. Jason Ziedenberg, the executive director, said yesterday that the purpose of the study was to start a debate about who is going to prison and for what reasons. [continues 807 words]
A petite rose stem in a narrow glass tube that is sold in convenience stores can be rigged up into a crack pipe, police say. "Hey, let me get a stem," is all that needs to be said to pick up one for $3 at some convenience stores, according to antidrug activist Ben Holder, a Greensboro native who said he drives through Waughtown daily. Speaking before the Winston-Salem City Council last week during a public meeting, Holder urged the council to pass the same law that Greensboro adopted last summer. It makes the sale of the rose tube - or possession of it with intent to sell - illegal. [continues 398 words]
