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27 wrz 2023 · Updated data and charts: Incarceration stats by race, ethnicity, and gender for all 50 states and D.C. New data visualizations and updated tables show the national landscape of persistent racial disparity in state prisons and local jails. by Leah Wang, September 27, 2023.
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.
11 paź 2023 · One in Five: Racial Disparity in Imprisonment — Causes and Remedies. The report examines three causes of racial disparity in imprisonment and presents a series of promising reforms from over 50 jurisdictions across the country that can mitigate their impact. By Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D., Celeste Barry and Luke Trinka on December 7, 2023
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.
31 paź 2024 · Racial disparities in incarceration cause disproportionate economic, health, and social harms to communities of color. Use the charts below to compare incarceration rates for each racial group. Incarcerated population vs resident population. Jail population rate per 100K residents ages 15 to 64.
This article seeks to offer a deeper historical and analytical context for understanding today’s American criminal justice system—both its rise to such a remarkable size and its stunning racial disproportionality. 1 Although today’s rate of incarceration is both histori-
28 paź 2024 · Racial discrimination in housing, sentencing, and policing frequently explains why data show stark disproportionalities in justice involvement for people of color, particularly Black people. The research below goes into more detail as to how — and why — people of color are overrepresented in jails, prisons, and non-carceral forms of punishment.
