The expansion of the prison system and the increased imprisonment of people for drug crimes had an especially dramatic impact on

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The expansion of the prison system and the increased imprisonment of people for drug crimes disproportionately affected poor African American families, contributing to higher incarceration rates among African Americans compared to other groups. This has been widely documented and discussed in studies on the social impacts of drug policies and mass incarceration in the United States.

The Expansion of the Prison System and the Increased Imprisonment