It wasn't just racism that caused states to fill their jails and prisons with black men in the early 1900s. Why else were they eager to have more black prisoners?
A. States made a profit by leasing the convicts as laborers.
B. They could put three or four black men in each cell instead of just one as they did with white men.
C. States made money for each black man they sent to prison
D. Each officer had a quota to fill.