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John,
Despite significant drops in youth incarceration over a decade, youth of color remain vastly more likely to be incarcerated than their white peers. New data released today by The Sentencing Project reveal Black youth and Tribal youths’ disproportionate incarceration is largely unchanged compared to 10 years prior, while Latinx youths’ incarceration disparities with their white peers have been reduced.
The Sentencing Project's new fact sheets show state-by-state incarceration rates by race and ethnicity and highlight where the problem is getting worse and better.
Black Disparities in Youth Incarceration [[link removed]]
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Black
youth
are
almost
five
times
as
likely
as
their
white
peers
to
be
held
in
juvenile
facilities,
an
equivalent
ratio
to
10
years
ago.
*
As
of
2021,
in
Connecticut,
New
Jersey,
Wisconsin,
Massachusetts,
and
Illinois,
Black
youth
were
at
least
10
times
as
likely
to
be
held
in
placement
as
white
youth.
Latinx Disparities in Youth Incarceration [[link removed]]
*
Latinx
youth
are
16
percent
more
likely
to
be
incarcerated
than
their
white
peers,
a
sharp
improvement
over
the
decade.
*
As
of
2021,
in
Massachusetts,
New
Jersey,
and
Connecticut,
Latinx
youth
are
at
least
4
times
as
likely
to
be
held
in
placement
as
white
youth.
Tribal Disparities in Youth Incarceration [[link removed]]
*
Tribal
youth
are
almost
four
times
as
likely
as
their
white
peers
to
be
held
in
juvenile
facilities,
an
equivalent
ratio
to
10
years
ago.
*
As
of
2021,
in
Minnesota,
South
Dakota
and
North
Carolina,
Tribal
youth
are
at
least
five
times
as
likely
to
be
held
in
placement
as
white
youth.
Click below to read each fact sheet:
Black Disparities in Youth Incarceration [[link removed]]
Latinx Disparities in Youth Incarceration [[link removed]]
Tribal Disparities in Youth Incarceration [[link removed]]
[[link removed]] Josh Rovner
Director of Youth Justice
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