Sentences with phrase «incarceration rates among»

The issue has gained more traction throughout 2016, as discussions of disproportionately high incarceration rates among minority men have captured widespread media attention.

Minority communities in the United States have yet to generate a large cadre of high achievers, a situation as discouraging as the high incarceration rates among minorities who never finish high school.

This marriage - gap has been explained by high incarceration rates among black men, reducing their income and marriage prospects for the future, and the growing divide in education rates between black women and black men.

In 2010, teen pregnancy and childbirth accounted for at least $ 9.4 billion in costs to U.S. taxpayers for increased health care and foster care, increased incarceration rates among children of teen parents, and lost tax revenue because of lower educational attainment and income among teen mothers.

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Today, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Netflix have announced that this year's opening - night selection, unspooling September 30 at Alice Tully Hall, will be Ava DuVernay's The 13th, an indictment of America's high rates of incarceration (especially among African - Americans).

And, while efforts to reduce incarceration rates are afoot, U.S. crime rates remain among the highest in the world.

Research has shown that high rates of suspension among minorities leads to higher rates of incarceration and high drop out rates.

Kentucky has among the highest juvenile justice incarceration rates in the country.

At 22.9 %, the incarceration rate is highest among young African American men who didn't finish school.

She is a board member for a transitional home for men trying to reintegrate into society after incarceration, and a member of the Toronto District School Board black student achievement advisory committee where she drafts policies to reduce drop - out rates among black high school students, as well as coaches soccer at the Burlington youth soccer club.

Although the United States has by far the highest rate of incarceration among industrialized democracies, at over 600 inmates per 100,000 population, Canada's rate of approximately 130 inmates per 100,000 population places it second or third highest...

Young, unmarried, and lacking in education, these men face a multitude of barriers to being the fathers they want to be, from poor employment prospects and high incarceration rates, to juggling multiple parenting roles among the children they live with and the ones with whom they do not.

There is also a clear connection between incarceration of Indigenous women and being a victim of violence — there are extremely high rates of substance abuse and reporting of having been a victim of violence among Indigenous female prisoners — this highlights the need for support programs for Indigenous women in prison and also post-release (such as healing and re-integration, housing etc).