Survey: A Pandemic High for the Number of Black Youth in Juvenile Detention [aecf.org]
By The Annie E. Casey Foundation, March 26, 2021 A survey by the Annie E. Casey Foundation of youth justice agencies finds the population of Black youth in juvenile detention on Feb. 1, 2021, reached a pandemic high, while that of white youth was the second lowest recorded in more than a year. The experiences between Black and white youth diverged the most when it came to the pace at which they were released from detention. Black youth stayed longer in detention than their white peers — and...