Lack of Education = Prison Terms = Poverty - Young men more likely to land in prison than to land a job.

NY Times - For black men in their 20s and early 30s without a high school diploma, the incarceration rate is so high — nearly 40 percent nationwide — that they’re more likely to be behind bars than to have a job. 

Please continue reading at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/long-prison-terms-eyed-as-contributing-to-poverty.html