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In states such as California, where the Latino population is much higher, Latino youth make up 60% of the state's juvenile detainees and 36% of the state youth prison population. [2] In California, Black youth make up only 7.8% of the state population, yet comprise approximately 30% of the state's juvenile detainees. [2]
The percentage of Black youth jumps even higher when factoring how one juvenile may receive multiple complaints. A total of 695 complaints were brought against 385 individual juveniles, of whom ...
Researchers have found that incarcerated youth engage in self-injurious behaviors at a rate two to four times higher than the general youth population. [21] Furthermore, prison administrative policy often intensifies the risk by responding to suicidal threats in ways that endanger the detainees, such as putting them in solitary confinement. [22]
Female incarceration rates by country and US state. Per 100,000 female population of all ages. Incarcerated females of all ages (where the data are available). From a 2018 report with latest available data. From the source report: "This graph shows the number of women in state prisons, local jails, and federal prisons from each U.S. state per ...
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Formerly incarcerated Black and Brown populations in New York — a state with one of the country’s largest prison infrastructures... View Article The post Mass incarceration is causing Black ...
Crime rates in low-income areas are much higher than in middle to high class areas. As a result, incarceration rates in low-income areas are much higher than in wealthier areas due to these high crime rates. [46] When the incarcerated or criminal is a youth, there is a significant impact on the individual and rippling effects on entire communities.
[4] [7] The youth that live in lower income areas face high risk factors. [8] Thomas W. Farmer's et al. study demonstrates the different types of risks young people – especially African-American young people – face. The youth can be put into three categories: single risk, multiple risks, and no risk. [8]