In Lorain County, decisions are now driven by the data — and the juvenile courts have been driven to make a change.
Myeasha is freshly 18 years old—that age where the whole world is laid out in front of you — where will you go? who will you be?But a few months ago that excitement was more like fear.
In 2020, Black youth made up about 11% of the population in Lorain County, but more than 44% of the juvenile incarceration rate. According to the NAACP, Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at nearly five times the rate of White Americans. Since then, they’ve decreased the number of Black youth in juvenile detention by 51% and diverted 1100 cases in 11 months, the charges are typically minor misdemeanors.
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