One in three black men will be imprisoned at some point in their lives: For male U.S. residents born in 2001, chance of imprisonment at some point in their lives, by race and ethnicity
Lifetime chance of imprisonment | |
---|---|
All | 11% |
White | 6% |
Black | 33% |
Hispanic | 17% |
Source: Fact Sheet: Trends in U.S. Corrections, The Sentencing Project, 2015