The Sentencing Project’s report reveals that nearly 200,000 people in the US are serving life terms, with a 68% increase since 2003, and that nearly half of those serving life sentences are Black.
Sentencing Project
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Report reveals that racial disparities in incarceration persist, despite progress
While one in three Black men born in 1981 faced the prospect of imprisonment, the figure has now dropped to one in five for those born in 2001.
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With women imprisonment rising, Black females still feel the brunt of America’s mass incarceration
In 2021, the Sentencing Project reported that the imprisonment rate for Black women was 1.6 times the rate of imprisonment for White women.
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Report reveals ‘hidden key to combating racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice’
Black youth are far more likely to be arrested than their white peers and far less likely to be diverted from court following arrest.