Despite significant drops in youth incarceration over a decade, youth of color remain vastly more likely to be incarcerated than their white peers. New data released today by The Sentencing Project reveal Black youth and Tribal youths’ disproportionate incarceration is largely unchanged compared to 10 years prior, while Latinx youths’ incarceration disparities with their white peers have been reduced.
The Sentencing Project’s new fact sheets show state-by-state incarceration rates
by race and ethnicity and highlight where the problem is getting worse and better.
