Today is violent cities, crime, and incarceration.. What has happened to our community since the days of slavery until now? How has crime affected us? What is our population numbers for 2023?. How many Black fathers,men, mothers, women, and teens are in prison? Well I have been asking for current stats, Are they out yet? No, not 2023 but these just came out. Sept  2023

A new BJS report, Criminal Victimization, 2022, provides statistics on nonfatal violent crimes (rape or sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault) and property crimes (burglary or trespassing, motor vehicle theft, and other types of household theft). It also describes the characteristics of crimes and victims.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics provides key prison statistics prior to release of the annual prison report.

 The U.S. prison population was 1,230,100 on December 31, 2022, a 2% increase from 2021 (1,205,100).
    At yearend 2022, persons sentenced to more than 1 year under the legal authority of state and federal correctional authorities accounted for 96% (1,185,500) of the total U.S. prison population.
    At yearend 2022, 32% of persons sentenced to state or federal prison were black, while 31% were white, 23% Hispanic, 10% multiracial or some other race, 2% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 1% Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander.
    The number of persons sentenced to more than 1 year under the jurisdiction of correctional authorities increased in 35 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from yearend 2021 to yearend 2022.

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Welcome to Challenges of Faith Radio Program, 'Ponder & Apply Time"..Ep 16

Today's discussion centers around being thankful to God for, our ancestors..

What has happened since the days of slavery until now?

I'm Gary, Producer, Host and Author. I write and communicate from an "Edifying" and "Preventive" standpoint, designed to show individuals how to avoid becoming Victims of relationships and all types of crimes

A genuine friend (Rip) presented me with a plaque (by an unknown author) which read. "A genuine friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away."

I ask the same of you because it is now "Ponder and Apply Time". After you have done so, the next question is what are you going to do with the gleaned knowledge, affecting you, home, community, place of worship, workplace, town, province, village, state, or country...What?

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