26%of juvenile

arrests

44%of thosedetained

46%of youth sent tocriminal court

58%of youth admitted

to state prisons

2013ARRESTRATESSource OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION

for every1,000 people arrestedages to

10

17

WHITE ARREST RATE

32.2

BLACK ARREST RATE

73.8

Source

CENTER ON JUVENILE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

they represent

Even though African American juveniles comprise

16 percent of the youth population,

— PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, 2015

The American justice system

by race and by wealth.remains particularly skewed

DISPARITY STARTS YOUNG

DISPARITY CONTINUES...

SUSPENSIONS MATTER

“SENT HOME AND PUT OFF TRACK”

49%of entering

high-school studentswith 3 suspensions

drop out

Source

Eachhigh-school

$200,000

THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT

Source

DROPOUTcosts society about

over a lifetime

Our criminal justice system ends up being a pipeline from underfunded, inadequate schools to overcrowded jails.

— PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA 2015

Stereotypes are so embedded in the psyche of human beings, that those stereotypes come to play. So that when a young black kid comes into court before a white male judge, who perhaps doesn't have

any experience dealing with young black males, and this black male has on baggy pants, has an attitude, may have a tattoo, immediately

a picture, a mindset comes up in that judge's head.

— LADORIS CORDELL former CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE

JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM in theINEQUALITY

48%of preschool childrenwith more than one suspension are black

Source

JUSTICE POLICY INSTITUTE

During the 2009-2010 academic year, African Americans...

were 3.5x more likely to be suspended or expelled than white students

made up 46% of students suspended

more than once

comprised only 18% of enrolled U.S.

students, but accountedfor 39% of all expulsions

Source DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

For grades 7-12, 35% of black children were suspended or expelled at some point compared to 20% of Hispanic and 15% of white children.

35%

20% 15%

Source

NAACP CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACT SHEET

18%

46%

BLACK HISPANIC WHITE

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE LOCKED UP?

DISPARITY IS NOT ONLY ON RACIAL LINES

A SEPTEMBER 2015 STUDY UNCOVERED A STARTLING GENDER AND RACIALDISPARITY IN JUVENILE JUSTICE

over the last 20 years while overall juvenile arrests and detentions declined...

there is inequality across racial and ethnic lines...

disparity was found in the way females were treated as opposed to males...

female arrestsincreased

45%girls constituted

of court caseloads

40%detentions jumped

40%

of detained girls were locked upfor status o�enses or technical violations, versus 25% of boys

35%of girls were detained for weaponless, simple assault and public-order o�enses, versus 12% of boys

21%

black girls were 20% more likely to bedetained than white girls

American Indian/AlaskaNative girls were 50%more likely to be detained

3.5x

I was 14 years old—in handcu�s with shackles on my ankles... once at the Juvenile Detention Center, I was strip-searched.

I felt like I was being punished for running away as a way to stand up for myself and to escape the sexual and physical

abuse in my home that began when I was 6 years old.

— TANYA ROBINSON with the NATIONAL CRITTENTON FOUNDATION

Source BURNS INSTITUTE FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE FAIRNESS & EQUITY

Of the 55,000 youth incarcerated in 2013,

87 percent were in for non-violent o�enses

Source THE SENTENCING PROJECT

African American youth have higher rates of juvenile incarceration and are more likely to be sentenced to adult prison...

37% of African American juvenile

cases are moved to criminal court

58% of those youths are sent to

adult prisons

Youth o�enders serving life without parole are

imprisoned in conditions that violate fundamental

international human rights law and standards.

— “AGAINST ALL ODDS” Human Rights Watch Report, 2012

Incarcerated youth commit

suicide at a rate two to three times higher than the general population.

— OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION

— PATRICK MCCARTHY Annie E. Casey Foundation Leader

I believe it’s long past time to close these inhumane, ine�ective, wasteful factories of failure once and for all.

10% of youth confined to state-operated or state-funded juvenile corrections facilities reported sexual abuse by sta� or other youth in their facilities.

— BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS (BJS)

A study revealed that for

one-third of incarcerated youth diagnosed with

depression, the depression occurred after the start of their incarceration.

— JUSTICE POLICY INSTITUTE

Systemicmaltreatment

documented in the juvenile corrections facilities of

29 states. Substantial evidence of maltreatment in three other states.

— ANNIE B. CASEY FOUNDATION

$80,000,000,000THE COST FOR LOCKING UP JUVENILES AND ADULTS IS

thatmoneycould...

Source PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, 2015

THE COST OF INCARCERATING JUVENILES

Helping children and families lead more productive lives.

Finance new roads, bridges andairports; job-training programs; research and development

Double the salary of every high-school teacher in America

Eliminate tuition at every U.S. public college and university

Provide universal preschool for every 3-year-old and 4-year-old in America

IS $8 TO $21 BILLION A YEAR INCLUDING RUNNING DETENTION FACILITIES, LOST FUTURE EARNINGS, LOST TAX REVENUE AND OTHER NEGATIVE EFFECTS.

Source

JUSTICE POLICY INSTITUTE