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Black people make up 11 percent of Pennsylvania’s population, but 43 percent of the population under state parole supervision, 46 percent of people in state prisons, and 43 percent of people incarcerated for state parole violations. https://www.hrw.org/report/2020/07/31/revoked/how-probation-and-parole-feed-mass-incarceration-united-states …pic.twitter.com/gFq1mogDAh
In Wisconsin, racial disparities are STARK. @hrw analysis showed the proportion of Black people sanctioned for violations is 4 times greater than their representation in the population. For Native Americans, it's 7 times higher.pic.twitter.com/vgIraoZ21O
In 2017, Black people comprised just 6% of Wisconsin's population, but 25% of the state’s supervision population and 42% of those incarcerated following revocation. In Milwaukee, disparities are even starker.
https://justicelab.columbia.edu/wisconsin-community-corrections-story …pic.twitter.com/SztM67PzRG
Across the US, Black people are revoked at higher rates than white people, @urbaninstitute data show. Given entrenched racism, this is not a surprise. But it should push us to DIVEST from supervision & incarceration. INVEST in jobs, housing & health. https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/22746/413174-Examining-Racial-and-Ethnic-Disparities-in-Probation-Revocation.PDF …pic.twitter.com/9eMk8icAKY
.@JoshuaBHoe & I break down the racial inequities throughout our supervision systems on #DecarcerationNation #Podcast. Listen here: https://decarcerationnation.com/96-allison-frankel/ …pic.twitter.com/yktC72t4Sc
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