A new report shows that the Black prison population has notably downsized the most. The total prison population has declined by 25% after reaching its peak in 2009, and the Black prison population has ...

While more white people were released from prison, more Black and brown people were going to prison in the year after the pandemic started. COVID-19 highlighted the racial disparities in the U.S.

A California correctional officer stands at a gate on the grounds of Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, Calif., on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. A Black prison official was unlawfully demoted from an ...

(The Root) — “There are more black men in jail than in college” is a line that has transfigured our understanding of persistent problems among black men in the United States. Many activists and ...

APPLETON – Despite making up just 1% of the county population, Black people account for 17.5% of the Outagamie County Jail's population, according to a 2021 study. In an effort to curb this trend, an ...