US jailing foreigners for longer than its citizens
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FOREIGNERS in federal courts in the United States face harsher penalties and are more likely to be convicted than US citizens, according to a study released yesterday.
It said 96 percent of convicted non-US citizens were jailed in 2008, compared to 85 percent of US citizens.
“This is a major issue given that the number of non-US citizens sentenced in US federal courts increased nearly five-fold over the past two decades,” said the study’s lead author Michael Light of Purdue University.
Researchers analysed court data from 1992-2008 for the study.
Light said a sentencing penalty exists for non-US citizens and found that in 2008 they received between two and four months additional prison time compared to US citizens.
“These results suggest that despite having equal rights, non-citizens do not receive equal treatment in the US federal courts,” Light added.
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