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27 wrz 2023 · We used the data to compare Black and white imprisonment rates by state, finding that every state locks up Black people at a rate at least double that of white people — and, on average, at six times the rate of white residents: Every state incarcerates Black residents in its state prisons at a higher rate than white residents.
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.
13 paź 2021 · Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at nearly 5 times the rate of white Americans. Nationally, one in 81 Black adults in the U.S. is serving time in state prison. Wisconsin leads the nation in Black imprisonment rates; one of every 36 Black Wisconsinites is in prison.
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.
28 paź 2024 · Key Statistics: Percent of Black Americans in the general U.S. population: 13% +. Percent of people in prison or jail who are Black: 37% +. Prison incarceration rate for Native people vs nation as a whole: 763 vs. 350 per 100,000. Percent of people serving life, life without parole, or “virtual life” sentences who are Black: 48% +.
15 paź 2024 · BJS calculated age-specific imprisonment rates for each sex, adjusted race and Hispanic origin group, and age group by dividing the estimated number of sentenced prisoners within each age group under jurisdiction on December 31, 2022 by the estimated number of U.S. residents in each age group on January 1, 2023.
"When incarceration rates by State (excluding Federal inmates) are estimated separately by gender, race, and Hispanic origin, male rates are found to be 10 times higher than female rates; black rates 5-1/2 times higher than white rates; and Hispanic rates nearly 2 times higher than white rates."
