What does area mean in math and what is length times wighth? well, area means the inside e of something exterior of any figure and length times with is the area of an rectangle. Edit
Over 60% of people in American prisons may have been convicted of non-violent crime s, but 46% of Americans say that they think the main purpose of prison is to take violent criminals off the streets.0% of the country says that too many people who have committed crimes are imprisoned in the US, while 13% says that the incarceration rate is about right. 26% think that too few people are imprisoned.
1 1 in 100 African American women are in prison. 2  Nationwide, African-Americans represent 26% of juvenile arrests, 44% of youth who are detained, 46% of the youth who are judicially waived to criminal court, and 58% of the youth admitted to state prisons (Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice). African Americans represent 12% of the total population of drug users, but 38% of those arrested for drug offenses, and 59% of those in state prison for a drug offense. 2  African Americans serve virtually as much time in prison for a drug offense (58.7 months) as whites do for a violent offense (61.7 months).