Why do racial profiling and racial disparities continue?
African Americans make up 13 percent of the general population, but more than 40 percent of the homeless population (National Alliance to End Homelessness)
Homelessness adds to the risks of incarceration contributing to Black youth facing an 83% increased risk than their white peers (National Network for Youth)
Fewer than one-third of the 663,100 people in jails on a given day have been convicted and are likely charged with misdemeanors. Yet the longer they remain imprisoned, the less likely they are to gain their freedom. Why do they remain incarcerated when no guilt has be show? (Prison Policy Initiative)
43% of people detained pretrial are Black. Black people are jailed at more than three times the rate of white people.
More Key Statistics: (Prison Policy Initiative)
- While the Percent of Black Americans in the general U.S. population is 13% +
- The Percent of people in prison or jail who is Black: 37% +
- Percent of people serving life, life without parole, or “virtual life” sentences who are Black: 48% +
- Arrest rate for Black vs white Americans: 6,109 vs. 2,795 per 100,000 +
- Percent of people on probation or parole who are Black: 30% +
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