Search results
9 godz. temu · At 46%, Latinos are the most prevalent racial/ethnic group in California prisons. Black, white, and people of other races are 28%, 20%, and 6%, respectively. Black people and Latino men are overrepresented among prisoners. Black men and women are 28% and 23% of prisoners, while both make up just 6% of the state’s adults.
Since 1978, the Black incarceration rate has increased 260 percent. In 2017, Black people were incarcerated at 8.0 times the rate of white people, and Native American people were incarcerated at 3.7 times the rate of white people.
Bar charts showing that in California prisons and jails, incarceration rates are highest for Black residents.
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.
overrepresented in the state prison system. Specifically: • Black, American Indian, and Latinx men are overrepresented in state prisons. In 2019, Black men made up more than one-quarter (28%) of men incarcerated by the state — nearly five times higher than their share (6%) of all men in California (Figure 3). American Indian and Latinx men ...
13 paź 2021 · Seven states maintain a Black/white disparity larger than 9 to 1: California, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. Latinx individuals are incarcerated in state prisons at a rate that is 1.3 times the incarceration rate of whites.
Prisons in California force incarcerated people and their families — some of the most vulnerable members of society — to subsidize mass incarceration. 59% of people in California jails have not been convicted of a crime, meaning they're legally innocent. There are simple steps the state can take to reduce this number. Why isn't it?
