Sentencing disparities
According to Department of Corrections data collected by the ACLU, significant racial disparities exist in the current system of mandatory sentence enhancements using juvenile judgments. More than 40% of currently incarcerated Indigenous people have a juvenile felony on their record, as do 39% of Black people currently incarcerated. People of color are facing longer sentences because they were involved in the juvenile system as children.
“We know that children of color are much more likely to get caught up in the juvenile system,” the ACLU’s Moore said. “A schoolyard fight for a white child is much more likely to result in a trip to the
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