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Bar charts showing that in Texas prisons and jails, incarceration rates are highest for Black residents.
- Updated data and charts: Incarceration stats by race, ethnicity, and ...
New data visualizations and updated tables show the national...
- Comparing Texas's total population to its incarcerated population, by race
Bar chart showing that compared to the total state...
- Updated data and charts: Incarceration stats by race, ethnicity, and ...
27 wrz 2023 · New data visualizations and updated tables show the national landscape of persistent racial disparity in state prisons and local jails.
In Texas, Black people constituted 13% of state residents, but 27% of people in jail and 33% of people in prison. Incarceration is not only an urban phenomenon. In fact, on a per capita basis, the most rural places in the state often lock up the most people in jail and send the most people to prison.
incarcerated population that was on hand as of August 31, 2021, and inmates who were received and released during the fiscal year . The characteristics include gender, average age, race, offense, custody, sentence length, and educational achievement measures . This section
Bar chart showing that compared to the total state population, Black people are overrepresented in the incarcerated population, while other groups are underrepresented.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Fiscal Year 2020 Statistical Report provides demographic information for a total of 570,475 cases under supervision on August 31, 2020, as well as those received and released throughout the fiscal year.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Fiscal Statistical Report Year 2019 provides demographic information for a total under supervision on of 619,766 cases August 31, 2019, as well as those received and released throughout the fiscal year.
