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<h1><b>SF has fewer black residents but more blacks in
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</a>Chronicle Staff Report<br><br>
Tuesday, May 6, 2008<br><br>
<b>(05-05) 19:36 PDT San Francisco</b> -- As San Francisco's population
of African American residents has decreased in recent years, the
population of black men and women locked up in the San Francisco County
Jail has increased dramatically, Sheriff Michael Hennessey said
Monday.<br><br>
More than 60 percent of all prisoners are African American, according to
a survey of the city jail's population. And of the 282 female prisoners,
67 percent are black.<br><br>
About 42 percent of the jail population is in custody for drug offenses,
the study found.<br><br>
A similar study in 1996 found that half of the jail population was
African American. A 2005 study put the number at 53 percent. <br><br>
In contrast, 6.7 percent of San Francisco residents are black- a number
that has been in steady decline, according to the U.S. Census
Bureau.<br><br>
Hennessey said the criminal justice system and the war on drugs are
"disproportionately adversely affecting San Francisco's African
American community."<br><br>
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