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27 wrz 2023 · New data visualizations and updated tables show the national landscape of persistent racial disparity in state prisons and local jails.
1 kwi 2024 · These new statistics underscore the ongoing racial injustice of prisons, where the national incarceration rate of Black people is six times the rate of white people and more than twice the rate in every single state.
13 paź 2021 · According to the report, Black Americans are incarcerated at a state average of 1,240 per 100,000 residents, whereas Latino Americans are imprisoned at a rate of 349 per 100,000 residents. White...
13 paź 2021 · This report documents the rates of incarceration for white, Black and Latinx Americans in each state, identifies three contributors to racial and ethnic disparities in imprisonment, and provides recommendations for reform.
15 paź 2024 · The number of females in state or federal prison increased almost 5% from yearend 2021 (83,700) to yearend 2022 (87,800). Nine states and the BOP increased their total prison populations by over 1,000 persons from yearend 2021 to yearend 2022.
Incarceration rates by race and ethnicity in prisons (2021) and jails (2019), by state. These graphs are a part of our 50-state incarceration profiles. Alabama incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023) Alaska incarceration rates in prisons (2021) and jails (2019) by race and ethnicity (2023)
31 paź 2024 · People of color―and Black people in particular―are incarcerated at strikingly higher rates than white people in jails and prisons across the country. These racial disparities reflect a system that treats Black people more harshly than white people at every stage of the criminal legal process.
