Title: Black Disparities in Youth Incarceration | The Sentencing Project
Headings: Black Disparities in Youth Incarceration
Black Disparities in Youth Incarceration
African Americans 5X More Likely than Whites to be Held
Black/White Youth Placement Rate per 100,000, 2015
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Content: Black Disparities in Youth Incarceration | The Sentencing Project
Black Disparities in Youth Incarceration
African Americans 5X More Likely than Whites to be Held
Black youth were more than five times as likely to be detained or committed compared to white youth, according to data from the Department of Justice collected in October 2015 and recently released. 1)
This fact sheet addresses black-white placement disparities. Fact sheets on Latino and American Indian disparities are forthcoming. Racial and ethnic disparities have long-plagued juvenile justice systems nationwide, and the new data show the problem is increasing. In 2001, black youth were four times as likely as whites to be incarcerated. Juvenile facilities, including 1,800 residential treatment centers, detention centers, training schools, and juvenile jails and prisons 2)
Hockenberry, S., Wachter, A., & Sladky, A. (Sept. 2016). Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2014: Selected Findings (NCJ 250123). held 48,043 youth as of October 2015. 3)
Placement statistics throughout this factsheet are calculated from Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Kang, W., & Puzzanchera, C. (2017). “