Webthe current situation represents a systemic failure to address disparities within the criminal justice system and across our country. Webadult height is associated with a variety of outcomes, such as higher education, 1 lower suicidality 2 and better psychiatric and somatic health. It is widely reported that the us criminal justice system is systematically biased in regard to criminal adjudication based on race and class. The report examines three causes of racial disparity in imprisonment and presents a series of promising reforms from over 50 jurisdictions across the country. Webliterally hundreds of studies in the past 40 years and beyond have focused on sentencing decisions in local courts and unwarranted racial/ethnic punishment disparity, defined as.