Author(s): The Sentencing Project
Published: July 15, 2021
Report Intro/Brief:
“Latinx youth were 28% more likely to be detained or committed in juvenile facilities than their white peers, according to nationwide data collected in October 2019 and recently released. In 2011, Latinx youth’s incarceration rate was 80% higher than their white peers, a rate roughly equivalent to the preceding 10 years. The disparity fell in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019. Though still significant, the Latinx-white placement disparity has dropped by roughly one-third since 2011.
Juvenile facilities, including 1,510 detention centers, residential treatment centers, group homes, and youth prisons held 36,479 youths as of October 2019. (These data do not include the 653 people under 18 in prisons at year-end 2019 or the estimated 2,900 people under 18 in jails at midyear 2019.)
Across the 42 states that are home to at least 8,000 Latinx youths, Latinx youth are more likely to be in custody than white youth in 31 states and less likely in 11 states.
Between 2011 and 2019, juvenile placements fell by 41%. During these years, Latinx youth placements declined faster than white youth placements (26% vs. 19%), resulting in a smaller but still considerable disparity.”
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