Racial Disparities
State Sentencing Reforms Had Little Impact on Racial Disparities in Imprisonment, Analysis Finds
Disparities in female prison populations declined substantially, largely driven by a 138% increase in prison admissions for White women from 2000 to 2019.
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Racial Disparities in State Imprisonment
Declined Substantially from 2000 to 2020
Black-White differences remain but imprisonment disparities shrunk
for all crime types, and gaps in some measures nearly closed.
Racial Disparities Declined Across Corrections Populations
Council on Criminal Justice study finds that while racial gaps persist, imprisonment disparities shrunk for all major crime categories from 2000-2016; drop was steepest for drug offenses, women
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