can't go by "how many" prisoners that aren't Caucasian are in prison, as an indicator to how much crime any one ethnic group does.  minorities are convicted more often than whites.  it's a well known situation.  ie:  look at how many people we have read about here that get seemingly light sentences - they are white.  and here , minorities would more likely get a fair-er trial than in most other parts of the country.  blacks and Hispanics make up a huge part of the prison population....many unfairly.