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Sep 14, 2017 · The national rate of youth incarceration was 152 per 100,000; the Black youth placement rate was 433 per 100,000, compared to 86 per 100,000 for white youth. Overall, the racial disparity between Black and white youth in custody increased 22 percent since 2001.
Dec 12, 2023 · As of 2021, Black youth were 4.7 times as likely to be placed (i.e., detained or committed) in juvenile facilities as their white peers, according to nationwide data collected in October 2021 and recently released.
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Oct 13, 2021 · A report out today from The Sentencing Project, a Washington, D.C.-based research and advocacy center, found that Black Americans are incarcerated at nearly 5 times the rate of white Americans,...
NYS Adult Arrests and Prison Sentences by Race/Ethnicity in 2020. The following tables display adult population, adult arrest activity, and prison sentences by race/ethnicity for each of the 62 counties within New York State.
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Dec 1, 2022 · — A new report from the inspector general’s office has documented significant racial and ethnic disparities in discipline across New York State prisons, finding that over a six-year period, Black...
Dec 28, 2019 · At least 5 million children — or about 7 percent of American youth — have had an incarcerated parent, with black, poor and rural minors disproportionately affected, according to a 2015...
Fully two-thirds (67%) of children in the juvenile justice system are children of color (see Table 35). 41% of youth in custody (ex. juvenile justice and detention centers, jails and prisons) are Black.
