That Black incarceration rates have been declining for a while is something that is not well known but getting there. But I was surprised at the magnitude of the decline for Black women: total #s have fallen by over 60% (!) from 1999-2020.... while total #s for white women rose. 
Black women are still incarcerated at a higher rate than white women, but in 1999 the rates where 212 vs. 27; in 2020, 65 vs. 38.
It's a really stunning drop. Tho the reversal in actual trends strikes me as even more interesting.
It's a really stunning drop. Tho the reversal in actual trends strikes me as even more interesting.
We often hear that women are the fastest growing population in prisons. Put aside the baserate issue with that claim--big % change bc small baserate--the reality is not that WOMEN are the fastest growing, but WHITE women.
I don't have any profound takes on that empirical point. But feel like there's a lot of really important things wrapped up in it.
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